SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 19 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 Nov 26, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Health System - Southern California
BURBANK, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$19.60 | $56.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
BURBANK, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$19.60 | $56.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SANTA MONICA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$24.85 | $71.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SANTA MONICA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$24.85 | $71.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
MISSION HILLS, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$35.00 | $100.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
MISSION HILLS, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$42.00 | $120.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SAN PEDRO, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$49.00 | $140.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
TORRANCE, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$49.00 | $140.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
TORRANCE, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$49.00 | $140.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SAN PEDRO, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$49.00 | $140.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| UCI Health - Fountain Valley
ORANGE, CA UA AUTO W/MICRO |
$68.80 | $172.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
TORRANCE, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$69.30 | $198.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SAN PEDRO, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$69.30 | $198.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
TORRANCE, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$69.30 | $198.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SAN PEDRO, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$69.30 | $198.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
NEWPORT BEACH, CA HC Urinalysis Auto W/Scope |
$69.52 | $106.96 | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center
MISSION VIEJO, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$90.24 | $188.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY
HARBOR CITY, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY
PANORAMA CITY, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - IRVINE
IRVINE, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY
DOWNEY, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS
WOODLAND HILLS, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK
BALDWIN PARK, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM
ANAHEIM, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY |
$93.08 | $179.00 | 48% | — file |
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| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center
MISSION VIEJO, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$94.56 | $197.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SANTA MONICA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$95.55 | $273.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
SANTA MONICA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$101.85 | $291.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| St Joseph Hospital of Orange
ORANGE, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$117.12 | $244.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| St Joseph Hospital of Orange
ORANGE, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$117.12 | $244.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
BURBANK, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$125.30 | $358.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
BURBANK, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$125.30 | $358.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| St Jude Hospital Inc
FULLERTON, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$143.04 | $298.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| St Jude Hospital Inc
FULLERTON, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$143.04 | $298.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital
LOS ANGELES, CA Urinalysis Auto W/Scope |
$144.00 | $144.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Keck Hospital of USC
LOS ANGELES, CA Urinalysis Auto W/Scope |
$145.00 | $145.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
MISSION HILLS, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$150.85 | $431.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Tarzana Medical Center LLC
TARZANA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$160.65 | $459.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Providence Health System - Southern California
MISSION HILLS, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$180.95 | $517.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Tarzana Medical Center LLC
TARZANA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$208.95 | $597.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Tarzana Medical Center LLC
TARZANA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY LAB |
$212.80 | $608.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| UCI Health - Lakewood
ORANGE, CA UA AUTO W/MICRO |
$223.20 | $558.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit
ORANGE, CA URINALYSIS-RTN WITH MICRO |
$246.00 | $246.00 | — | Mar 19, 2026 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital
MARINA DEL REY, CA Laboratory Services |
$256.10 | $394.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital
MARINA DEL REY, CA Outpatient Global Laboratory, Radiology and Diagnostic Services |
$256.10 | $394.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital
MARINA DEL REY, CA HB LAB URINALYSIS W/ MICROSCOPY |
$256.10 | $394.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital
MARINA DEL REY, CA Clinical and Anatomical Laboratory Services |
$256.10 | $394.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
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| Tarzana Medical Center LLC
TARZANA, CA HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY CDM |
$276.50 | $790.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
LOS ANGELES, CA Laboratory Services |
$288.26 | $443.47 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
LOS ANGELES, CA URINALYSIS, BY DIP STICK OR TABLET REAGENT FOR BILIRUBIN, GLUCOSE, HEMOGLOBIN, KETONES, LEUKOCYTES, NITRITE, PH, PROTEIN, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, UROBILINOGEN, ANY NUMBER OF THESE CONSTITUENTS; AUTOMATED, WITH MICROSCOPY |
$288.26 | $443.47 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
LOS ANGELES, CA URINALYSIS BY DIP STICK OR TABLET REAGENT FOR BILIRUBIN GLUCOSE ETC; AUTOMATED WITH MICROSCOPY |
$288.26 | $443.47 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
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| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
LOS ANGELES, CA HB LAB URINALYSIS W/ MICROSCOPY |
$288.26 | $443.47 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 file |
Outpatient: lowest $19.60, median $95.06, highest $288.26 — a 14.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 26 facilities here, median $95.55. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
They are 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.
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center
INGLEWOOD, CA UA AUTO W/MICRO |
$3.00 | file |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center
ENCINO, CA UA AUTO W/MICRO - 81001 - 4101001 |
$3.00 | file |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center
ENCINO, CA UA AUTO W/MICRO - 81001 - 4151001 |
$3.00 | file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital
LA PALMA, CA Hc Urinalysis, Auto, W/Scope |
$3.00 | file |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital
SHERMAN OAKS, CA URINALYSIS W MICRO |
$3.00 | file |