Lab tests CPT 81002 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual in Lima, OH — inpatient

In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $4.20 to $4.36, with a median of $4.28. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center LLC.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 81002, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$4.20Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center LLC
Median$4.28half pay less
Highest$4.36in 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 Lima, OH.

median
Lowest $4.20Highest $4.36

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center LLC lowest Lima, OH HC Non-Auto,Urine W/O Microscopy $4.20 $7.00 40%
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH Urinalysis Nonauto Wo Scope $4.36 $4.84 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $4.20, median $4.28, highest $4.36.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $21.68 — 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.