Lab tests CPT 81001 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

In Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $15.49 to $26.60, with a median of $26.40. The lowest listed price is at Dayton Childrens Hospital.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 81001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$15.49Dayton Childrens Hospital
Median$26.40half pay less
Highest$26.60in this market
Difference1.7×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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH.

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Lowest $15.49Highest $26.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Dayton Childrens Hospital lowest Dayton, OH MANUAL URINALYSIS TEST WITH EXAMINATION USING MICROSCOPE; AUTOMATED $15.49 $22.13 30%
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Dayton Childrens Hospital Dayton, OH URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE $16.80 $24.00 30%
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Dayton Osteopathic Hospital Dayton, OH Hc Urinalysis Routine With Micro $26.40 $66.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Kettering Medical Center Troy, OH Hc Urinalysis Routine With Micro $26.40 $66.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Greene Memorial Hospital Inc Xenia, OH Hc Urinalysis Routine With Micro $26.40 $66.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Shriners Childrens Ohio Dayton, OH URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE $26.60 $26.60
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Outpatient: lowest $15.49, median $26.40, highest $26.60 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $26.40. 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

An automated urinalysis with microscopy checks a urine sample using an automated analyzer for the chemical test and a microscope exam for cells, crystals and bacteria. It is used to look for infection, kidney problems and diabetes.

What the price covers

The price covers the chemical test and the microscopic exam. A urine culture is billed separately if ordered.