Lab tests CPT 81002 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick test cost in DeKalb, MS — inpatient

In DeKalb, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $31.74 to $31.74, with a median of $31.74. Across Mississippi, the median is $14.40 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81002, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$31.74Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital

Median$31.74half of hospitals charge less

Highest$31.74in 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 DeKalb, MS.

median

Lowest $31.74Highest $31.74

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital lowest DeKalb, MS · (769) 486-1000 HC KETONE,URINE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$31.74	$46.00	—	31%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $31.74, median $31.74, highest $31.74.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $31.74 — 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.