Lab tests CPT 81002 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $3.20 to $7.94, with a median of $5.54. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 81002, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$3.20El Paso Children's Hospital
Median$5.54half pay less
Highest$7.94in this market
Difference2.5×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 El Paso, TX.

median
Lowest $3.20Highest $7.94

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX SPECIFIC GRAVITY - URINE $3.20 $16.00 80%
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX REDUCING SUBSTANCES URINE $3.20 $16.00 80%
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX URINE PROTEIN SCREEN $3.20 $16.00 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX LWS UA BIOCHEM SCREEN NONAUTO $3.86 $19.32 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX LES UA BIOCHEM SCREEN $3.86 $19.32 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LES UA BIOCHEM SCREEN $3.86 $19.32 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LWS UA BIOCHEM SCREEN NONAUTO $3.86 $19.32 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CEC UA DIP NONAUTO W/O MICRO $4.70 $23.52 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX EST UA DIP NON AUTO W/O MICRO $4.70 $23.52 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EST UA DIP NON AUTO W/O MICRO $4.70 $23.52 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CEC UA DIP NONAUTO W/O MICRO $4.70 $23.52 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX DPT UA DIP NON-AUTO W/O MICRO $5.54 $27.72 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX DPT UA DIP NON-AUTO W/O MICRO $5.54 $27.72 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX ZAT UA DIP NON-AUTO W/O MICRO $5.54 $27.72 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX FAB UA DIP NON-AUTO W/O MICRO $5.54 $27.72 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ZAT UA DIP NON-AUTO W/O MICRO $5.54 $27.72 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX FAB UA DIP NON-AUTO W/O MICRO $5.54 $27.72 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM UA RED SUBS $6.44 $32.20 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM UA NONAUTO SP GRAV $6.44 $32.20 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM UA NONAUTO PROTEIN $6.44 $32.20 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CHEM UA NONAUTO PROTEIN $7.35 $36.75 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM UA RED SUBS $7.35 $36.75 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM UA NONAUTO SP GRAV $7.35 $36.75 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM UA NONAUTO PROTEIN $7.35 $36.75 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CHEM UA RED SUBS $7.35 $36.75 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CHEM UA NONAUTO SP GRAV $7.35 $36.75 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX UA DIP NONAUTO W/O MICRO $7.56 $37.81 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX UA DIP NONAUTO W/O MICRO $7.56 $37.81 80%
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX WST UA DIP NONAUTO W/O MICRO $7.94 $39.71 80%
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX WST UA DIP NONAUTO W/O MICRO $7.94 $39.71 80%
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Inpatient: lowest $3.20, median $5.54, highest $7.94 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $5.54 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is a simple urine dipstick test read by hand, without a microscope exam. It checks for things like protein, sugar, blood and signs of infection, and is often done right in a clinic or doctor's office.

What the price covers

The price covers the dipstick test only. A microscope exam or culture would be billed under other codes.