Urinalysis with microscopy cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 13 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $4.42 to $99.00, with a median of $33.17. The lowest listed price is at The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center — $28.75 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $39.33 at 98 hospitals.
- The median here, $33.17, is 51% above the US median of $22.00.
- That is 8.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
- Austin, TX has the lowest median of 4 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 8 cities for code 81000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 2, 2024 and Aug 6, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center lowest Austin, TX · (512) 327-0000 URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY File of Sep 2, 2024 · source file | $4.42 | $26.13 | $3.32–$18.29 | 83% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 KETONES/GLUCOSE-UA+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $13.23 | $36.75 | $3.38–$23.54 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Southwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 KETONES/GLUCOSE-UA+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $13.23 | $36.75 | $3.38–$23.54 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Northwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 KETONES/GLUCOSE-UA+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $13.23 | $36.75 | $3.38–$23.54 | 64% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $33.17 | $55.29 | $3.38–$49.76 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $33.17 | $55.29 | $3.38–$41.47 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $33.17 | $55.29 | $3.38–$49.76 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $33.17 | $55.29 | $3.38–$41.47 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $33.17 | $55.29 | $3.38–$49.76 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE File of Jun 12, 2026 · source file | $33.17 | $55.29 | $5.90–$44.23 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $33.17 | $55.29 | $4.22–$35.94 | 40% |
| Pam Specialty Hospital of Luling Luling, TX Body Fluid/Urine Specific Grav File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $51.00 | $51.00 | $3.02–$45.90 | — |
| Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Round Rock Round Rock, TX URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/MICROSCOP File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $99.00 | $99.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $4.42, median $33.17, highest $99.00 — a 22.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $33.17. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 11 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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