Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in St. Louis, MO-IL

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $16.90 to $52.65, with a median of $32.50. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital South.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

Lowest$16.90Mercy Hospital South
Median$32.50half pay less
Highest$52.65in this market
Difference3.1×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $16.90Highest $52.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital South lowest Saint Louis, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $16.90 $26.00 35%
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $32.50 $50.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $32.50 $50.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $43.55 $67.00 35%
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Urinalysis Non Automated W Micro $52.65 $81.00 35%
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Outpatient: lowest $16.90, median $32.50, highest $52.65 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $29.99. 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.