Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

In Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $5.85 to $576.55, with a median of $7.00. The lowest listed price is at Samaritan Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$5.85Samaritan Hospital
Median$7.00half pay less
Highest$576.55in this market
Difference98.6×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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.

median
Lowest $5.85Highest $576.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Samaritan Hospital lowest Troy, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $5.85 $9.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $5.85 $9.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital Albany, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $5.85 $9.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital Albany, NY PR Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $7.00 $7.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY PR Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $7.00 $7.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $546.65 Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital Albany, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $576.55 Mar 31, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $5.85, median $7.00, highest $576.55 — a 98.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $5.85. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

An automated urinalysis without microscopy tests a urine sample on a machine that reads the chemical dipstick results. It checks for protein, sugar, blood, ketones and signs of infection, without a microscope exam of cells.

What the price covers

The price covers the automated chemical test. A microscope exam or urine culture is billed separately if done.