Lab tests CPT 81002 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick test cost in Gulfport, MS — inpatient

In Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $7.22 to $7.22, with a median of $7.22. Across Mississippi, the median is $14.40 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81002, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$7.22Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock
Median$7.22half pay less
Highest$7.22in 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS.

median
Lowest $7.22Highest $7.22

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock lowest Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC ACETONE/KETONE-URINE $7.22 $19.00 — 62% —
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Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock lowest Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC URINALYSIS W/O MICRO NON-AUTO $7.22 $19.00 — 62% —
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Inpatient: lowest $7.22, median $7.22, highest $7.22.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $14.10 — 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.