Urine dipstick test cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 15 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, manual: from $9.00 to $53.46, with a median of $30.33. The lowest listed price is at St. Vincent Salem Hospital — $21.33 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $17.84 at 59 hospitals.
- The median here, $30.33, is 52% above the US median of $20.00.
- That is 8.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.48).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 7 cities for code 81002, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital lowest Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 #URINALYSIS DIP STICK;NON-AUTO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $9.00 | $15.00 | $1.32–$7.93 | 40% |
| University of Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $9.36 | $39.00 | $6.55–$39.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $14.04 | $39.00 | $6.55–$39.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY URINE DIP STICK File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $14.40 | $32.00 | $5.38–$32.00 | 55% |
| Our Lady of Peace Louisville, KY URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $21.92 | $39.00 | $7.02–$39.00 | 44% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Urinalysis, manual test File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $30.33 | $40.44 | $2.05–$80.88 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Urinalysis, manual test File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $30.33 | $40.44 | $2.05–$60.66 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Urinalysis, manual test File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $30.33 | $40.44 | $2.05–$80.88 | 25% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB URINE DIPSTICK POCT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $31.60 | $158.00 | $3.48–$131.14 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB URINE DIPSTICK POCT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $31.60 | $158.00 | $3.48–$131.14 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB URINE DIPSTICK POCT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $31.60 | $158.00 | $3.48–$134.30 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB PH PAPER POCT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $31.60 | $158.00 | $3.48–$131.14 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB PH PAPER POCT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $31.60 | $158.00 | $3.48–$131.14 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB PH UR File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $3.48–$138.61 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB PH UR File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $3.48–$138.61 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB PH UR File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $3.48–$138.61 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB PH UR File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $3.48–$141.95 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB PH UR File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $33.40 | $167.00 | $3.48–$138.61 | 80% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Urinalysis, manual test File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $34.80 | $58.00 | $1.74–$52.20 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 URINALS DIPSTICK NON-AUTOWO/MI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $42.60 | $71.00 | $1.32–$7.93 | 40% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB TOTAL PROTEIN URINE NCI File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $46.60 | $233.00 | $3.48–$193.39 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB TOTAL PROTEIN URINE NCI File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.60 | $233.00 | $3.48–$193.39 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB TOTAL PROTEIN URINE NCI File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.60 | $233.00 | $3.48–$193.39 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB TOTAL PROTEIN URINE NCI File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.60 | $233.00 | $3.48–$193.39 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB TOTAL PROTEIN URINE NCI File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $46.60 | $233.00 | $3.48–$198.05 | 80% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC LAB N-AUTO URINALYS OT POC File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $53.46 | $126.00 | $2.05–$114.66 | 58% |
Outpatient: lowest $9.00, median $30.33, highest $53.46 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $31.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 14 of 15 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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