Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $5.85 to $7.48, with a median of $5.85. The lowest listed price is at Sunnyview Rehab Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$5.85Sunnyview Rehab Hospital
Median$5.85half pay less
Highest$7.48in this market
Difference1.3×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 $7.48

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Sunnyview Rehab Hospital lowest Schenectady, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $5.85 $9.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Samaritan Hospital Troy, 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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Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY PR Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $7.48 Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital Albany, NY PR Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $7.48 Mar 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $5.85, median $5.85, highest $7.48 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $7.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.