Urinalysis, automated cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $10.85 to $68.40, with a median of $25.00. The lowest listed price is at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and 1 other hospital — $14.15 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $25.00 at 6 hospitals.
- The median here, $25.00, is 41% below the US median of $42.25.
- That is 7.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.17).
- 5 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 81001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 15, 2025 and Jul 24, 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island lowest Providence, RI · (401) 274-1100 HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/Scope - Urinalysis Microscopic File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $10.85 | $31.00 | $1.46–$28.52 | 65% |
| Kent County Memorial Hospital lowest Warwick, RI · (401) 737-7010 HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/Scope - Urinalysis Microscopic File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $10.85 | $31.00 | $1.46–$31.16 | 65% |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC URINALYSIS W/MICRO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $12.43 | $12.43 | — | — |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC URINALYSIS W/MICRO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.37 | $15.37 | — | — |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC URINALYSIS W/MICRO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $25.00 | — | — |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC URINALYSIS W/MICRO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $25.00 | — | — |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC URINALYSIS W/MICRO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $25.00 | — | — |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital St. New Bedford, MA HC Urinalysis- Auto- W/Scope File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $34.00 | $68.00 | $3.17–$51.75 | 50% |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · (508) 679-3131 HC Urinalysis- Auto- W/Scope File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $34.00 | $68.00 | $3.17–$51.75 | 50% |
| South County Health Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 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 File of Jul 24, 2026 · source file | $68.40 | $114.00 | $30.84 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $10.85, median $25.00, highest $68.40 — a 6.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $25.00. 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 4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Landmark Medical Center Woonsocket, RIHc Urinalysis, Auto, W/Scope | $3.00 | file |