SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN POC URINE DIPSTICK |
$5.76 | $19.20 | 70% | — file |
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| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN POC URINE DIPSTICK |
$5.76 | $19.20 | 70% | — file |
|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
LEBANON, TN HC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O MICRO |
$9.86 | $34.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 file |
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| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
LEBANON, TN URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE |
$10.15 | $35.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.76, median $7.81, highest $10.15 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $9.86. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.