Urine dipstick, automated cost in Blytheville, AR
In Blytheville, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $15.43 to $32.20, with a median of $23.82. The lowest listed price is at McHs-Great River Medical Center — $8.39 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $20.20 at 29 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 22, 2026 and Sep 22, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Blytheville, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 BILIRUBIN, URINE | $15.43 | $23.00 | $1.90–$60.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE | $15.43 | $23.00 | $1.90–$60.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 URINALYSIS WITHOUT M | $24.82 | $37.00 | $1.90–$60.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Smc Regional Medical Center Osceola, AR · (870) 563-7000 URINALYSIS WITHOUT M | $32.20 | $48.00 | $1.90–$48.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $15.43, median $23.82, highest $32.20 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $23.82. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.