Lab tests CPT 81002 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual in Grinnell, IA — inpatient

In Grinnell, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $7.20 to $25.72, with a median of $16.46.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81002, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$7.20Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Median$16.46half pay less
Highest$25.72in this market
Difference3.6×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 Grinnell, IA.

median
Lowest $7.20Highest $25.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Grinnell Regional Medical Center lowest Grinnell, IA CHG URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE $7.20 $9.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell, IA HC N-AUTOM URINALYS WO MICRO $25.72 $32.14 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $7.20, median $16.46, highest $25.72 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $16.46 — 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.