SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Urinalysis with microscope exam, automated in Waco, TX

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Jun 13, 2026 and Jun 13, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Ascension Providence WACO, TX
URINALYSIS
$33.66 $93.50 64%
file
Ascension Providence WACO, TX
URINALYSIS
$33.66 $93.50 64%
file
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest WACO, TX
HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/SCOPE - W/RFLX TO CULTURE
$77.87 $129.78 40% Jun 13, 2026
file
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest WACO, TX
HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/SCOPE
$77.87 $129.78 40% Jun 13, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $33.66, median $55.77, highest $77.87 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $77.87. 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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