Urinalysis with microscopy cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 11 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $2.40 to $20.96, with a median of $9.60. The lowest listed price is at University of Louisville Hospital — $7.20 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $20.96 at 40 hospitals.
- The median here, $9.60, is 56% below the US median of $22.00.
- That is 2.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 4 cities for code 81000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 URINE DIP UADIPPOC File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2.40 | $10.00 | $1.68–$10.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY URINE DIP UADIPPOC File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $3.60 | $10.00 | $1.68–$10.00 | 64% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB GM - UA NON AUTO W/ MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $9.60 | $48.00 | $4.02–$39.84 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB GM - UA NON AUTO W/ MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $9.60 | $48.00 | $4.02–$39.84 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB GM - UA NON AUTO W/ MICRO File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $9.60 | $48.00 | $4.02–$39.84 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB GM - UA NON AUTO W/ MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $9.60 | $48.00 | $4.02–$39.84 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB GM - UA NON AUTO W/ MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $9.60 | $48.00 | $4.02–$40.80 | 80% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC URINALYSIS NON AUTOMATED (BO) File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $11.46 | $27.00 | $2.69–$24.57 | 58% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $20.96 | $27.95 | $2.69–$41.93 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $20.96 | $27.95 | $2.69–$55.90 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $20.96 | $27.95 | $2.41–$55.90 | 25% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB UA NON AUTO W/MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $4.02–$138.61 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB UA NON AUTO W/MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $4.02–$138.61 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB UA NON AUTO W/MICRO File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $4.02–$138.61 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB UA NON AUTO W/MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $4.02–$138.61 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB UA NON AUTO W/MICRO File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $4.02–$141.95 | 80% |
Outpatient: lowest $2.40, median $9.60, highest $20.96 — a 8.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $9.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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