Urinalysis, automated cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 11 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $11.00 to $60.30, with a median of $39.00. The lowest listed price is at S E Lackey Memorial Hospital — $28.00 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $30.98 at 54 hospitals.
- The median here, $39.00, is 8% below the US median of $42.25.
- That is 12.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.17).
- 2 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 8 cities for code 81001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Sep 21, 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 Jackson, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital lowest Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, automated File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $11.00 | $11.00 | $0.35–$100.00 | — |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 URINALYSIS AUTO MICROSCOPIC File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $25.83 | $63.00 | $3.17–$56.70 | 59% |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/Scope - Urinalysis Microscopic File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $26.75 | $26.75 | $3.17–$26.75 | — |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 URINALYSIS AUTO MICROSCOPIC File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $33.60 | $160.00 | $1.86–$128.00 | 79% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO W/MICRO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36.81 | $58.43 | $2.85–$46.74 | 37% |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon, MS · (601) 825-2811 Urinalysis w/Microscopic Automated+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $260.00 | $2.85–$260.00 | 85% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $41.20 | $103.00 | $2.94–$92.70 | 60% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $41.20 | $103.00 | $2.85–$8.91 | 60% |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 .Bill Only DS Auto/MSc Reqd+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $57.96 | $322.00 | $2.85–$322.00 | 82% |
| Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood, MS .Bill Only DS Auto/MSc Reqd+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $58.59 | $279.00 | $2.85–$279.00 | 79% |
| Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 .Bill Only DS Auto/MSc Reqd+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $60.30 | $402.00 | $2.69–$500.00 | 85% |
Outpatient: lowest $11.00, median $39.00, highest $60.30 — a 5.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $51.89. 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 9 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics Lexington, MSHC URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE | $4.00 | file |