Lab tests CPT 81000 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in Cedar Rapids, IA

In Cedar Rapids, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $9.60 to $25.72, with a median of $17.66.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Jan 28, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$9.60St Luke's Methodist Hospital
Median$17.66half pay less
Highest$25.72in this market
Difference2.7×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 Cedar Rapids, IA.

median
Lowest $9.60Highest $25.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
St Luke's Methodist Hospital lowest Cedar Rapids, IA CHG URINALYSIS, NONAUTO, W/SCOPE $9.60 $12.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids, IA HC N-AUTOM URINE DIP W MICRO $25.72 $32.14 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $9.60, median $17.66, highest $25.72 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $17.66. 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.