Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Boise City, ID

In Boise City, ID, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $6.50 to $31.00, with a median of $18.00. The lowest listed price is at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 81000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$6.50Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise
Median$18.00half pay less
Highest$31.00in this market
Difference4.8×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Boise City, ID.

median
Lowest $6.50Highest $31.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise lowest Boise, ID HC Urinalysis With Microscopy Nonautomated $6.50 $10.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa Nampa, ID HC Urinalysis With Microscopy Nonautomated $6.50 $10.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD Nampa, ID $18.00 $18.00
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St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Boise, ID $31.00 $31.00
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St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Boise, ID $31.00 $31.00
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Outpatient: lowest $6.50, median $18.00, highest $31.00 — a 4.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $31.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A urinalysis checks a urine sample for signs of infection, kidney disease, diabetes and other problems. This version uses a manual dipstick reading plus a microscope exam of the urine for cells, crystals and bacteria.

What the price covers

The price covers the dipstick test and the microscope exam. A urine culture, if ordered, is a separate test.