Urinalysis with microscopy cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 20 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $3.76 to $20.25, with a median of $10.10. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Rochester Hospital — $6.34 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $15.00 at 61 hospitals.
- The median here, $10.10, is 54% below the US median of $22.00.
- That is 2.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
- 8 of 20 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 18 cities for code 81000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Jun 28, 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Rochester Hospital lowest Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/SCOPE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $3.76 | $8.00 | $4.08–$4.78 | 53% |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB LAB URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/MICRO File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $5.55 | $21.00 | $2.10–$14.14 | 74% |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB LAB URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/MICRO File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $5.55 | $21.00 | $2.10–$14.14 | 74% |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 Urinalysis Dip Stick Non-Auto w/Microscopy POC 81000 File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $6.00 | $12.00 | $2.20–$25.00 | 50% |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 Urinalysis Dip Stick Non-Auto w/Microscopy POC 81000 File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $6.05 | $12.10 | $2.20–$25.00 | 50% |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 Urinalysis Dip Stick Non-Auto w/Microscopy POC 81000 File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $6.70 | $13.40 | $2.20–$25.00 | 50% |
| Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital - Novi Campus Novi, MI · (248) 849-3000 SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $6.72 | $12.00 | $2.44–$5.68 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $6.72 | $12.00 | $2.44–$5.68 | 44% |
| St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI · (734) 655-4800 HC Urinalysis With Microscopy Nonautomated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $7.80 | $12.00 | $2.20–$12.38 | 35% |
| St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 858-3000 HC Urinalysis With Microscopy Nonautomated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $7.80 | $12.00 | $2.20–$12.00 | 35% |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 Urinalysis Dip Stick Non-Auto w/Microscopy POC 81000 File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $12.40 | $24.80 | $2.20–$25.00 | 50% |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 HC URINALYSIS DIP WITH MICROSCOPY+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn, MI · (313) 593-7125 HC URINALYSIS DIP WITH MICROSCOPY File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Farmington Hills, MI · (248) 471-8000 HC URINALYSIS DIP WITH MICROSCOPY File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Urinalysis Dip With Microscopy+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 Hc Urinalysis Dip With Microscopy+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Urinalysis Dip With Microscopy+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · (248) 898-5400 HC URINALYSIS DIP WITH MICROSCOPY File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 Hc Urinalysis Dip With Microscopy+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 UA NON-AUTO W/MICRO File of Apr 8, 2026 · source file | $20.25 | $27.00 | — | 25% |
| Karmanos Cancer Center both sides Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 URINALYSIS, BILIRUBIN, BI File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $17.15 | $34.30 | $2.20–$25.72 | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $3.76, median $10.10, highest $20.25 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $17.15, median $17.15, highest $17.15.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $13.70. 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 9 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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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