Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Corning, NY — inpatient

In Corning, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $3.28 to $72.38, with a median of $45.85. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$3.28St. James Hospital
Median$45.85half pay less
Highest$72.38in this market
Difference22.1×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 Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $3.28Highest $72.38

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY CHG URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $3.28 $5.50 40%
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY Urinalysis W/O Micro $19.32 $24.15 20%
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY Urine Auto W/O Micro $72.38 $90.48 20%
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY Urinalysis Dipstick On $72.38 $90.48 20%
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Inpatient: lowest $3.28, median $45.85, highest $72.38 — a 22.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $45.85 — 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.