Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

In Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $4.50 to $81.25, with a median of $7.80. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Southeast.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$4.50Mercy Hospital Southeast
Median$7.80half pay less
Highest$81.25in this market
Difference18.1×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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $4.50Highest $81.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $4.50 $6.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $4.50 $6.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $4.50 $6.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $4.50 $6.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $7.80 $12.00 35%
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Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Specific Gravity Urine Automated $26.00 $40.00 35%
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Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urine Ph Automated $39.00 $60.00 35%
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Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $81.25 $125.00 35%
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Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Urine Ketones Automated $81.25 $125.00 35%
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Outpatient: lowest $4.50, median $7.80, highest $81.25 — a 18.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4.50. 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.