Lab tests CPT 81001 Outpatient

Urinalysis, automated cost in Shreveport, LA

In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $15.85 to $15.85, with a median of $15.85. Across Louisiana, the median is $46.54 at 27 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$15.85Willis Knighton Medical Center
Median$15.85half pay less
Highest$15.85in this market
Difference1.0×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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

median
Lowest $15.85Highest $32.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Willis Knighton Medical Center lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Urinalysis Auto W/Microscop $15.85 $19.81 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Rurinalysis Auto W/Microscop $16.28 $20.35 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Ua Dipstick Auto W/Micro $32.80 $41.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $15.85, median $15.85, highest $15.85.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $15.85. 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.