Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in El Paso, TX — inpatient
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $2.51 to $7.40, with a median of $2.67. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center El Paso.
Cash prices at 3 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 —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX NE UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX NE UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CHEM UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CLIN_CHEM UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CHEM UA AUTO GLUCOSE | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM UA AUTO GLUCOSE | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CLIN_CHEM UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.51 | $12.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX DPT UADIPSTICK NON-AUTO W/O M | $2.67 | $13.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX UCC ESLK URINALYSIS DIPSTICK | $2.67 | $13.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX DPT UADIPSTICK NON-AUTO W/O M | $2.67 | $13.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX UCC ESLK URINALYSIS DIPSTICK | $2.67 | $13.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LES UA BIOCHEM SCREEN | $3.36 | $16.80 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX LEN UA BIOCHEM SCREEN | $3.36 | $16.80 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LEN UA BIOCHEM SCREEN | $3.36 | $16.80 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX LES UA BIOCHEM SCREEN | $3.36 | $16.80 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MCRO | $6.22 | $31.08 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX UCC ESLK URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MCRO | $6.22 | $31.08 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MCRO | $6.22 | $31.08 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX UCC ESLK URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MCRO | $6.22 | $31.08 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH LAB URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO | $6.59 | $32.93 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MCRO | $6.59 | $32.93 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX CH UCC EL URINALYSIS DIPSTICK | $7.40 | $37.02 | 80% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $2.51, median $2.67, highest $7.40 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2.67 — 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.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81003 ($25.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXCH UCC URINALYSIS DIPSTICK | $2.00 | file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXKETONES URINE | $2.00 | file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXGLUCOSE URINE (QUAL) | $2.00 | file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXURINALYSIS DIPSTICK | $2.00 | file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXURINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.00 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CHEM UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.08 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CHEM UA AUTO GLUCOSE | $2.08 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CLIN_CHEM UA AUTO W/O MICRO | $2.08 | file |