Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Centralia, IL — inpatient

In Centralia, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $19.96 to $19.96, with a median of $19.96. Across Illinois, the median is $25.00 at 96 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 3, 2025 and Dec 3, 2025.

Lowest$19.96Salem Township Hospital
Median$19.96half pay less
Highest$19.96in this market
Difference1.0×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 Centralia, IL.

median
Lowest $19.96Highest $58.58

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Salem Township Hospital lowest Salem, IL · (618) 548-3194 HC POCT URINALYSIS MACROSCOPIC ONLY AUTO $19.96 $49.89 $19.24–$117.17 60% Dec 3, 2025
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Salem Township Hospital Salem, IL · (618) 548-3194 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO W/O SCOPE $58.58 $146.46 $19.24–$117.17 60% Dec 3, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $19.96, median $19.96, highest $19.96.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $19.96 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.