Lab tests CPT 81002 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual in Winston-Salem, NC — inpatient

In Winston-Salem, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $19.00 to $20.50, with a median of $20.50. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $1.50 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $30.21 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81002, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$19.00North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Median$20.50half pay less
Highest$20.50in this market
Difference1.1×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 Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $19.00Highest $20.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O MICRO $19.00 $38.00 50% Oct 21, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC HC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O MICRO $20.50 $41.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Lexington Medical Center Lexington, NC HC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O MICRO $20.50 $41.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $19.00, median $20.50, highest $20.50 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $20.50 — 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.