Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Grand Rapids, MN — inpatient

In Grand Rapids, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $3.83 to $36.95, with a median of $19.10. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$3.83Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Median$19.10half pay less
Highest$36.95in this market
Difference9.6×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 Grand Rapids, MN.

median
Lowest $3.83Highest $36.95

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN HC BLOOD URINE POCT INSTRUMENT $3.83 $9.00 57% Jan 28, 2026
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Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN HC PROTEIN URINE QUAL $3.83 $9.00 57% Jan 28, 2026
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Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN HC URINALYSIS, MACROSCPOIC $17.80 $41.87 57% Jan 28, 2026
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Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN HC SPECIFIC GRAVITY UR $20.40 $48.00 58% Jan 28, 2026
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Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN HC KETONES URINE QUAL $29.75 $70.00 58% Jan 28, 2026
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Essentia Health Deer River NE Deer River, MN URINALYSIS, AUTO W/O SCOPE $36.95 $50.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $3.83, median $19.10, highest $36.95 — a 9.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $21.25 — 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.