Lab tests CPT 81000 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $4.80 to $165.76, with a median of $165.76. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81000, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$4.80Stanford Health Care
Median$165.76half 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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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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Inpatient: lowest $4.80, median $165.76, highest $165.76 — a 34.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $85.88 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.