Lab tests CPT 81000 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Jackson, MS — inpatient

In Jackson, MS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $2.10 to $132.03, with a median of $67.07. The lowest listed price is at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81000, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 25, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2.10Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
Median$67.07half pay less
Highest$132.03in this market
Difference62.9×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 Jackson, MS.

median
Lowest $2.10Highest $132.03

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center lowest Jackson, MS URINALYSIS NONAUTO MICROSCOPIC $2.10 $10.00 79% Feb 25, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC Flowood, MS .Bill Only DS Man/MSc Reqd $132.03 $489.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $2.10, median $67.07, highest $132.03 — a 62.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $45.06 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81000 ($18.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

River Oaks Hospital LLC Flowood, MSUrinalysis w/Microscopic Manual $0.81 file