Lab tests CPT 81000 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis with microscopy cost in North Port, FL — inpatient

In North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $18.36 to $40.20, with a median of $29.28. The lowest listed price is at PAM Specialty Hospital of Sarasota — $10.92 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $40.20 at 42 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81000, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$18.36PAM Specialty Hospital of Sarasota
Median$29.28half of hospitals charge less
Highest$40.20in this market
Difference2.2×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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL.

median
Lowest $18.36Highest $51.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
PAM Specialty Hospital of Sarasota lowest Sarasota, FL Urinalysis Nonauto W/Scope File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $18.36 $18.36 $12.85–$15.61 —
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Venice Nokomis, FL Urinalysis Nonauto W/Scope+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $40.20 $40.20 $28.14–$34.17 —
PAM Specialty Hospital of Sarasota Sarasota, FL Body Fluid/Urine Specific Grav File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $51.00 $51.00 $35.70–$43.35 —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $18.36, median $29.28, highest $40.20 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $191.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 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.

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.