Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Joplin, MO-KS

In Joplin, MO-KS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $16.90 to $56.40, with a median of $28.38. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.

Lowest$16.90Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin
Median$28.38half pay less
Highest$56.40in this market
Difference3.3×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 Joplin, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $16.90Highest $56.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin lowest Joplin, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $16.90 $26.00 35%
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO ON-SITE DIPSTICK URINALYSIS $17.10 $28.50 40% May 1, 2025
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO DIPSTICK URINALYSIS $17.10 $28.50 40% May 1, 2025
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $39.65 $61.00 35%
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Freeman Neosho Hospital Neosho, MO UA DIP STICK/TABLET REAGE $55.80 $93.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO PH-DIPSTICK $56.40 $94.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $16.90, median $28.38, highest $56.40 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $36.45. 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.