Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $2.61 to $31.72, with a median of $31.72. The lowest listed price is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 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 Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$2.61Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Median$31.72half pay less
Highest$31.72in this market
Difference12.2×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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

median
Lowest $2.61Highest $31.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center lowest Los Angeles, CA Laboratory Services $2.61 $4.02 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA URINALYSIS, BY DIP STICK OR TABLET REAGENT FOR BILIRUBIN, GLUCOSE, HEMOGLOBIN, KETONES, LEUKOCYTES, NITRITE, PH, PROTEIN, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, UROBILINOGEN, ANY NUMBER OF THESE CONSTITUENTS; NON-AUTOMATED, WITH MICROSCOPY $2.61 $4.02 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA URINALYSIS, BY REAGENT STRIPS, ANY NUMBER OF COMPONENTS;WITHMICROSCOPY $2.61 $4.02 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino, CA URINE MICROSCOPIC $4.00 $50.00 92% Sep 1, 2026
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Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA UA dip only $13.00 $13.00 Mar 19, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $31.72 $61.00 48%
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Outpatient: lowest $2.61, median $31.72, highest $31.72 — a 12.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $31.72. 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.