SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81002, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
JACKSON, MS ACETONE KETONE URINE |
$11.55 | $55.00 | 79% | Feb 25, 2026 file |
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| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
JACKSON, MS REDUCING SUBSTANCE URINE |
$12.81 | $61.00 | 79% | Feb 25, 2026 file |
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| River Oaks Hospital LLC
FLOWOOD, MS Specific Gravity Urine Manual |
$13.32 | $74.00 | 82% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| River Oaks Hospital LLC
FLOWOOD, MS .Bill Only DS Man/No MSc |
$13.32 | $74.00 | 82% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| River Oaks Hospital LLC
FLOWOOD, MS Dipstick Type? - Manual |
$13.32 | $74.00 | 82% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
JACKSON, MS SPECIFIC GRAVITY |
$20.16 | $96.00 | 79% | Feb 25, 2026 file |
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| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
YAZOO CITY, MS REDUCING SUBSTANCE URINE |
$22.55 | $55.00 | 59% | Feb 17, 2026 file |
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| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
YAZOO CITY, MS SPECIFIC GRAVITY |
$39.36 | $96.00 | 59% | Feb 17, 2026 file |
Outpatient: lowest $11.55, median $13.32, highest $39.36 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $19.98. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81002 ($20.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| River Oaks Hospital LLC
FLOWOOD, MS Ketones Ur Ql |
$0.54 | file |
| River Oaks Hospital LLC
FLOWOOD, MS .Urinalysis Manual w/o MicroSc POC |
$0.54 | file |
| River Oaks Hospital LLC
FLOWOOD, MS Urinalysis w/o Microscopic Manual |
$0.54 | file |