SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Cash prices at 3 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 Oct 14, 2025 and Oct 14, 2025.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Ashland Hospital Corporation ASHLAND, KY
HCHG PH URINE
$6.58 $16.43 60% Oct 14, 2025
file
Ashland Hospital Corporation ASHLAND, KY
HCHG SPECIFIC GRAVITY
$6.58 $16.43 60% Oct 14, 2025
file
Ashland Hospital Corporation ASHLAND, KY
HCHG URINE RED SUB
$6.58 $16.43 60% Oct 14, 2025
file
Ashland Hospital Corporation ASHLAND, KY
HCHG BILIRUBIN,URINE
$6.58 $16.43 60% Oct 14, 2025
file
Ashland Hospital Corporation ASHLAND, KY
HCHG ACETONE,URINE
$6.58 $16.43 60% Oct 14, 2025
file
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. HUNTINGTON, WV
81000 Urinalysis by dip/tablet reagent, non-automated, with micro
$10.50 $10.50
file
St. Mary�s Medical Center HUNTINGTON, WV
Urine Ketones
$28.50 $28.50
file

Outpatient: lowest $6.58, median $6.58, highest $28.50 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $6.58. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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