Lab tests CPT 81001 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated in El Paso, TX

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $6.40 to $15.40, with a median of $6.72. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$6.40University Medical Center Surgical Hospital
Median$6.72half pay less
Highest$15.40in this market
Difference2.4×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 El Paso, TX.

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Lowest $6.40Highest $15.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.40 $32.00 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LEN UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LES UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LWS UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX NE UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX YSL UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX FAB ORDER COMMUNICATION ONLY $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX LEN UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX LES UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX LWS UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX NE UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX YSL UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CHEM UA AUTO W/MICRO $6.72 $33.60 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX FAB ORDER COMMUNICATION ONLY $6.72 $33.60 80%
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX URINALYSYS W/ MICROSCOPE $15.40 $77.00 80%
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Outpatient: lowest $6.40, median $6.72, highest $15.40 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $6.72. 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.