Urine dipstick test cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 16 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, manual: from $3.00 to $115.90, with a median of $9.46. The lowest listed price is at Roxborough Memorial Hospital and 1 other hospital — $6.46 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $21.00 at 89 hospitals.
- The median here, $9.46, is 53% below the US median of $20.00.
- That is 2.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.48).
- Philadelphia, PA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 3 of 16 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 81002, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital lowest Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Urinalysis Nonauto W/O Scope File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $3.00 | $52.38 | $2.78–$50.81 | 94% |
| Lower Bucks Hospital lowest Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc Urinalysis Nonauto W/O Scope File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $3.00 | $31.00 | $2.78–$24.80 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Urinalysis Dip Stick W/O Microscopy+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file | $3.90 | $39.00 | $3.34–$44.07 | 90% |
| Virtua Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Urinalysis Dip Stick W/O Microscopy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3.90 | $39.00 | $3.34–$44.07 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Urinalysis Dip Stick W/O Microscopy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3.90 | $39.00 | $3.34–$44.07 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Urinalysis Dip Stick W/O Microscopy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3.90 | $39.00 | $3.34–$44.07 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Urinalysis Dip Stick W/O Microscopy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3.90 | $39.00 | $3.34–$44.07 | 90% |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Bilirubin, Urine+1 more line at this price File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $9.16 | $15.26 | $3.48–$14.35 | 40% |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Nonautomated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $9.75 | $15.00 | $1.50–$43.85 | 35% |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Urine Specific Gravity (HNL) File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $12.48 | $20.80 | $3.48–$14.35 | 40% |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Nonautomated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $13.00 | $20.00 | $3.41–$53.66 | 35% |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Nonautomated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $16.25 | $25.00 | $3.47–$50.65 | 35% |
| Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 430-4000 URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $22.60 | $22.60 | $3.05–$6.82 | — |
| Union Hospital of Cecil County Elkton, MD · (410) 392-7009 81002 URINALYSIS,DIP STICK,NON-AUTOM+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $37.05 | $37.05 | — | — |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $37.80 | $42.00 | $3.48–$410.55 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $37.80 | $42.00 | $3.48–$34.78 | 10% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 Urine WO Micro(Non-Automa File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $115.90 | $115.90 | $3.61–$104.31 | — |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 UGK File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $249.69 | $249.69 | $3.61–$224.72 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $3.00, median $9.46, highest $115.90 — a 38.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $16.25. 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 12 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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