Urine dipstick, automated cost in Gulfport, MS
In Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $5.40 to $8.10, with a median of $8.10. The lowest listed price is at Singing River Gulfport — $2.70 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $15.48 at 41 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 24, 2026 and Feb 24, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Gulfport lowest Gulfport, MS · (228) 575-7000 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE | $5.40 | $27.00 | $2.25–$4.28 | 80% | — source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula, MS · (228) 809-5000 AUTOMATED URINALYSIS TEST | $8.10 | $27.00 | $2.08–$4.28 | 70% | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs, MS · (228) 575-7000 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE | $8.10 | $27.00 | $2.25–$9,277.00 | 70% | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula, MS · (228) 809-5000 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE | $33.00 | $110.00 | $2.08–$4.28 | 70% | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport, MS · (228) 575-7000 AUTOMATED URINALYSIS TEST | $69.60 | $348.00 | $2.25–$4.28 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.40, median $8.10, highest $8.10 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.