Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — inpatient

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $5.43 to $14.78, with a median of $13.80. The lowest listed price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$5.43Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$13.80half pay less
Highest$14.78in this market
Difference2.7×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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median
Lowest $5.43Highest $14.78

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD HC Urinalysis Macroscopic $5.43 $5.54 2%
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Mercy Medical Center, Inc. Baltimore, MD HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE POC $12.81 $13.07 2%
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Mercy Medical Center, Inc. Baltimore, MD HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE $12.81 $13.07 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD URINALYSIS ROUTINE $14.78 $15.08 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD POC Urinalysis, auto w/out Mi $14.78 $15.08 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD GLUCOSE QUAL URINE $14.78 $15.08 2%
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Inpatient: lowest $5.43, median $13.80, highest $14.78 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $13.80 — 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.