Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Cumberland, MD-WV

In Cumberland, MD-WV, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $6.00 to $13.00, with a median of $6.00. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Western Maryland.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities 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 — and —.

Lowest$6.00UPMC Western Maryland
Median$6.00half pay less
Highest$13.00in this market
Difference2.2×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 Cumberland, MD-WV.

median
Lowest $6.00Highest $13.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
UPMC Western Maryland lowest Cumberland, MD URINE GROUP (QUAL W/O SCOPE) $6.00 $10.00 40%
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UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland, MD POC UA $6.00 $10.00 40%
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UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland, MD URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY $6.00 $10.00 40%
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Potomac Valley Hospital of WV, Inc. Keyser, WV URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $13.00 $26.00 50%
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Outpatient: lowest $6.00, median $6.00, highest $13.00 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $6.00. 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.