Urinalysis, automated cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 27 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $60.42 to $851.00, with a median of $90.27. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Cedar Park — $29.85 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $93.46 at 278 hospitals.
- The median here, $90.27, is 114% above the US median of $42.25.
- That is 28.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.17).
- Austin, TX has the lowest median of 4 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 10 of 27 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 27 facilities across 14 cities for code 81001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Cedar Park lowest Cedar Park, TX · (512) 528-7000 UA, AUTO W-SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $60.42 | $167.83 | $2.66–$75.52 | 64% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $77.87 | $129.78 | $2.66–$116.80 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $77.87 | $129.78 | $3.33–$84.36 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 12, 2026 · source file | $77.87 | $129.78 | $4.64–$103.82 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $77.87 | $129.78 | $2.66–$97.33 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $77.87 | $129.78 | $2.66–$116.80 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $77.87 | $129.78 | $2.66–$97.33 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $77.87 | $129.78 | $2.66–$116.80 | 40% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $86.85 | $241.25 | $2.66–$108.56 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $90.27 | $250.75 | $2.66–$112.84 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Southwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $90.27 | $250.75 | $2.66–$112.84 | 64% |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $90.27 | $250.75 | $2.66–$112.84 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $90.27 | $250.75 | $2.66–$112.84 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Northwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $90.27 | $250.75 | $2.66–$112.84 | 64% |
| Pam Specialty Hospital of Luling Luling, TX Urinalysis Auto W/Scope UA File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $131.10 | $131.10 | $2.38–$117.99 | — |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $134.01 | $372.25 | $2.66–$167.51 | 64% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC URINE DIP STICK/TABLET, AUTO W/MICRO File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $156.11 | $233.00 | $3.17–$221.35 | 33% |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX UA W/MICRO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $175.53 | $250.75 | $2.66–$112.84 | 30% |
| Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Round Rock Round Rock, TX URINALYSIS AUTO W/MICROSCOPIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $242.00 | $242.00 | — | — |
| St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Leander, TX · (512) 341-1000 UA W MICRO AUTO File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $391.00 | $391.00 | $19.55–$351.90 | — |
| St. David's South Austin Medical Center Bastrop, TX · (512) 448-7107 UA W MICRO AUTO File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $406.00 | $406.00 | $283.79 | — |
| Heart Hosp of Austin at St. David's Round Rock Round Rock, TX UA W MICRO AUTO+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $421.00 | $421.00 | $2.71–$283.75 | — |
| St. David's Medical Center Manor, TX · (512) 476-7111 UA W MICRO AUTO File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $421.00 | $421.00 | $21.05–$378.90 | — |
| Heart Hosp of Austin Austin, TX Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, w +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $421.00 | $421.00 | $2.71–$357.85 | — |
| St. David's Georgetown Hospital Georgetown, TX · (512) 476-7111 Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, w +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $421.00 | $421.00 | $2.71–$283.75 | — |
| St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX · (512) 901-1000 UA W MICRO AUTO File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $851.00 | $851.00 | $565.91 | — |
| St.davids Surgical Hospital Austin, TX UA W MICRO AUTO File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $851.00 | $851.00 | $565.91 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $60.42, median $90.27, highest $851.00 — a 14.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 19 facilities here, median $90.27. 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 16 of 26 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.
What urinalysis, automated is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Urinalysis, automated explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81001 ($40.30). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center Austin, TXURNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY | $3.49 | file |