Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Fond du Lac, WI

In Fond du Lac, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $10.19 to $15.00, with a median of $12.60. The lowest listed price is at Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc.

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 Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.

Lowest$10.19Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc
Median$12.60half pay less
Highest$15.00in this market
Difference1.5×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 Fond du Lac, WI.

median
Lowest $10.19Highest $15.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc lowest Fond Du Lac, WI URINALYSIS,NONAUTO,W/MICRO $10.19 $18.20 44%
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Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI POC URINALYSIS SCREEN $15.00 $30.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $10.19, median $12.60, highest $15.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $15.00. 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.