Urinalysis with microscopy cost in Seattle, WA
In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $9.10 to $44.80, with a median of $15.97. The lowest listed price is at Valley Medical Center — $6.87 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $17.10 at 22 hospitals.
- The median here, $15.97, is 27% below the US median of $22.00.
- That is 4.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
- 1 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 81000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 6, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Medical Center lowest Renton, WA · (425) 228-3450 Urinls Dip Stick/Tablet Reagnt Non-Auto Micrscpy File of Mar 12, 2026 · source file | $9.10 | $13.00 | — | 30% |
| Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 326-3000 URINALYSIS ROUTINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $12.80 | $16.00 | $3.00–$11.00 | 20% |
| Saint Clare Hospital Lakewood, WA · (253) 588-1711 HC MANUAL UA W/ MICROSCOPY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $15.07 | $52.28 | $4.02–$39.21 | 71% |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA · (206) 223-6600 URINALYSIS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $15.81 | $31.00 | $18.60–$24.80 | 49% |
| St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 530-2050 HC MANUAL UA W/ MICROSCOPY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $15.91 | $52.28 | $4.02–$39.21 | 70% |
| Highline Medical Center Burien, WA · (206) 431-5237 HC MANUAL UA W/ MICROSCOPY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $15.97 | $52.28 | $4.02–$47.06 | 69% |
| St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA · (253) 944-8100 HC MANUAL UA W/ MICROSCOPY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $16.41 | $52.28 | $4.02–$39.21 | 69% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 Primary Care Urinalysis (Dipstick) File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $17.10 | $17.10 | $7.01–$16.42 | — |
| St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA · (253) 627-4101 HC MANUAL UA W/ MICROSCOPY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $17.32 | $52.28 | $4.02–$39.21 | 67% |
| St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw, WA · (360) 825-2505 HC MANUAL UA W/ MICROSCOPY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $18.48 | $52.28 | $4.02–$47.06 | 65% |
| Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA · (360) 435-2133 HC UA ROUTINE WITH MICRO File of Mar 26, 2026 · source file | $44.80 | $56.00 | $4.22–$44.80 | 20% |
Outpatient: lowest $9.10, median $15.97, highest $44.80 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $16.19. 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 7 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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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