Lab tests CPT 81001 Outpatient

Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated in Joplin, MO-KS

In Joplin, MO-KS, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $11.05 to $90.60, with a median of $62.73. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin.

Cash prices at 6 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 May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.

Lowest$11.05Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin
Median$62.73half pay less
Highest$90.60in this market
Difference8.2×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 Joplin, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $11.05Highest $90.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin lowest Joplin, MO Urinalysis Automated W Micro $11.05 $17.00 35%
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO URINALYSIS W/MICROSCOPY $28.35 $47.25 40% May 1, 2025
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Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus, KS Urinalysis Automated W Micro $44.85 $69.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Urinalysis Automated W Micro $53.95 $83.00 35%
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena, KS Urinalysis Automated W Micro $71.50 $110.00 35%
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO URINALYSIS W/MICRO $90.60 $151.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO URINALYSIS AUTO DIP W/MICRO $90.60 $151.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Freeman Neosho Hospital Neosho, MO UA DIP STICK/TABLET REAGE $90.60 $151.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $11.05, median $62.73, highest $90.60 — a 8.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $90.60. 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.