Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Gulfport, MS — inpatient

In Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $4.56 to $4.56, with a median of $4.56. Across Mississippi, the median is $13.98 at 52 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$4.56Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock
Median$4.56half pay less
Highest$4.56in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC URINE W/O MICRO, AUTO $4.56 $12.00 — 62% —
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Inpatient: lowest $4.56, median $4.56, highest $4.56.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $6.75 — 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.