Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $21.75 to $40.35, with a median of $31.05. The lowest listed price is at Amisub of South Carolina, Inc..

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Dec 5, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$21.75Amisub of South Carolina, Inc.
Median$31.05half pay less
Highest$40.35in this market
Difference1.9×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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.

median
Lowest $21.75Highest $40.35

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. lowest Fort Mill, SC UA NON-AUTO W/MICRO $21.75 $29.00 25% Apr 15, 2026
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Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. Rock Hill, SC UA NON-AUTO W/MICRO $21.75 $29.00 25% Sep 1, 2026
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ $40.35 $80.70 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Belmont, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ $40.35 $80.70 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $21.75, median $31.05, highest $40.35 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $31.05. 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.