Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Asheville, NC

In Asheville, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $71.00 to $162.00, with a median of $116.50.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$71.00Adventhealth Hendersonville
Median$116.50half pay less
Highest$162.00in this market
Difference2.3×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 Asheville, NC.

median
Lowest $71.00Highest $162.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Adventhealth Hendersonville lowest Hendersonville, NC HC URINALYSIS DIPSTICK $71.00 $71.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Hendersonville Hendersonville, NC HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE - URINALYSIS CHEM ONLY - SPECIFIC GRAVITY $162.00 $162.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $71.00, median $116.50, highest $162.00 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $116.50. 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.