Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $4.80 to $165.76, with a median of $85.88. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care.

Cash prices at 4 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$4.80Stanford Health Care
Median$85.88half pay less
Highest$165.76in this market
Difference34.5×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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

median
Lowest $4.80Highest $165.76

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA Urine Micro Nonauto $4.80 $12.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Urine Routine - Micro $6.00 $12.00 50% Mar 31, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $165.76 $296.00 44%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY $165.76 $296.00 44%
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Outpatient: lowest $4.80, median $85.88, highest $165.76 — a 34.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $165.76. 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.