Lab tests CPT 81000 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Winston-Salem, NC — inpatient

In Winston-Salem, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $40.50 to $43.00, with a median of $41.75. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $1.25 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $40.35 at 14 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81000, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$40.50North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Median$41.75half pay less
Highest$43.00in this market
Difference1.1×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 Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $40.50Highest $43.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ $40.50 $81.00 50% Oct 21, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ $43.00 $86.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $40.50, median $41.75, highest $43.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $41.75 — 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.