SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 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 —.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
CAMP HILL, PA 81001 URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE Tech |
$5.02 | $21.00 | 76% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
ENOLA, PA 81001 URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE Tech |
$6.61 | $21.00 | 69% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HERSHEY, PA Urinalysis with Reflex to Culture. |
$6.96 | $21.00 | 67% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HERSHEY, PA URINALYSIS-BASIC & MICROS (SQ) |
$6.96 | $21.00 | 67% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HERSHEY, PA Urine Analysis Basic & Microscopic.. |
$6.96 | $21.00 | 67% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HERSHEY, PA LS URINALYSIS-BASIC & MICROS (SQ) |
$6.96 | $21.00 | 67% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HERSHEY, PA Urine Microscopic Complete? -> Done |
$6.96 | $21.00 | 67% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HERSHEY, PA URINALYSIS DIP/MICRO (81001) |
$6.96 | $21.00 | 67% | — file |
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| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HERSHEY, PA SC URINALYSIS W/MICRO (SQ) |
$6.96 | $21.00 | 67% | — file |
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| UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals
HARRISBURG, PA HC URINALYSIS W/MICRO |
$23.40 | $39.00 | 40% | — file |
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| UPMC Carlisle
CARLISLE, PA HC URINALYSIS W/MICRO |
$23.40 | $39.00 | 40% | — file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.02, median $6.96, highest $23.40 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $6.96. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81001 ($36.50). 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.
| Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
HARRISBURG, PA 81001 URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE Tech |
$3.60 | file |