SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated in Madison, WI

Cash prices at 2 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 Jan 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital PORTAGE, WI
Urine Macro and Microscopic Beaker1
$40.30 $62.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
file
Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital PORTAGE, WI
URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGENT AUTO MICROSCOPY
$40.30 $62.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
file
Meriter Hospital, Inc MADISON, WI
HC AUTOM URINE DIP W MICRO
$45.30 $56.62 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Meriter Hospital, Inc MADISON, WI
CHG URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE
$63.20 $79.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $40.30, median $42.80, highest $63.20 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $42.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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