Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

In Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $3.75 to $46.15, with a median of $3.75. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Southeast.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$3.75Mercy Hospital Southeast
Median$3.75half pay less
Highest$46.15in this market
Difference12.3×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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $3.75Highest $46.15

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO POC Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urinls Dip Stick/Tablet Reagnt Non-Auto Micrscpy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO POC Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urinls Dip Stick/Tablet Reagnt Non-Auto Micrscpy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $46.15 $71.00 35%
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Outpatient: lowest $3.75, median $3.75, highest $46.15 — a 12.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3.75. 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.