Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Columbus, IN — inpatient

In Columbus, IN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $13.60 to $15.20, with a median of $15.20.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$13.60Columbus Regional Hospital
Median$15.20half pay less
Highest$15.20in this market
Difference1.1×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 Columbus, IN.

median
Lowest $13.60Highest $15.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Columbus Regional Hospital lowest Columbus, IN HC POC Ua Dipstick $13.60 $17.00 20%
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Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus, IN HC U Macro Auto Only $15.20 $19.00 20%
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Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus, IN HC Blood Dipstick Urine $15.20 $19.00 20%
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Inpatient: lowest $13.60, median $15.20, highest $15.20 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $15.20 — 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.