Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Charleston-North Charleston, SC — inpatient

In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $7.15 to $62.40, with a median of $13.00. The lowest listed price is at Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley INC.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$7.15Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley INC
Median$13.00half pay less
Highest$62.40in this market
Difference8.7×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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

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Lowest $7.15Highest $62.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley INC lowest Summerville, SC HC Ua Auto W/O Micro-Ref Lab $7.15 $11.00 35%
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Roper Hospital INC Charleston, SC HC So Urinalysis Routine $7.15 $11.00 35%
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Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant, SC HC Ua Auto W/O Micro-Ref Lab $7.15 $11.00 35%
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Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital INC Charleston, SC HC Ua Auto W/O Micro-Ref Lab $7.15 $11.00 35%
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB URINALYSIS DIPSTICK $13.00 $26.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB URINALYSIS SPECIFIC GRAVITY $13.00 $26.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB PH URINE $13.00 $26.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB URINALYSIS DIPSTICK AUTO W/O MICRO $19.00 $38.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Roper Hospital INC Charleston, SC HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope $62.40 $96.00 35%
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Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant, SC HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope $62.40 $96.00 35%
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Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley INC Summerville, SC HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope $62.40 $96.00 35%
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Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital INC Charleston, SC HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope $62.40 $96.00 35%
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Inpatient: lowest $7.15, median $13.00, highest $62.40 — a 8.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $13.00 — 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.