Lab tests CPT 81001 Outpatient

Urinalysis, automated cost in Pullman, WA

In Pullman, WA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $25.60 to $73.95, with a median of $49.78. The lowest listed price is at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center — $24.18 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $37.55 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026.

Lowest$25.60Whitman Hospital and Medical Center
Median$49.78half pay less
Highest$73.95in this market
Difference2.9×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 Pullman, WA.

median
Lowest $25.60Highest $73.95

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center lowest Colfax, WA · (509) 397-3435 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, automated $25.60 $32.00 $17.25–$31.36 20% Jun 29, 2026
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Pullman Regional Hospital Pullman, WA · (509) 332-2541 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, automated $73.95 $87.00 $2.76–$85.26 15% Jun 9, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $25.60, median $49.78, highest $73.95 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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 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.