Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $2.57 to $17.40, with a median of $4.97. The lowest listed price is at Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 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$2.57Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Median$4.97half pay less
Highest$17.40in this market
Difference6.8×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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

median
Lowest $2.57Highest $17.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute lowest Harrisburg, PA 81003 Specific Gravity Urine. Tech $2.57 $15.00 83%
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Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Harrisburg, PA 81003 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE Tech $2.57 $15.00 83%
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Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Harrisburg, PA 81003 Urinalysis auto without scope tech $2.57 $15.00 83%
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Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Harrisburg, PA 81003 Urine pH tech $2.57 $15.00 83%
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill, PA 81003 Urinalysis auto without scope tech $3.58 $15.00 76%
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill, PA 81003 Specific Gravity Urine. Tech $3.58 $15.00 76%
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill, PA 81003 Urine pH tech $3.58 $15.00 76%
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill, PA 81003 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE Tech $3.58 $15.00 76%
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA 81003 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE Tech $4.72 $15.00 69%
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA 81003 Specific Gravity Urine. Tech $4.72 $15.00 69%
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA 81003 Urine pH tech $4.72 $15.00 69%
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA 81003 Urinalysis auto without scope tech $4.72 $15.00 69%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA Ketones, Urine $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA Urine Microscopic Complete? -> Not Done $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA Specific Gravity Urine. $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA URINE PH MULTISTIX (SQ) $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA URINALYSIS-BASIC/REFLEX (SQ) $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA URINALYSIS DIPSTIK AUTOM (SQ) $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE (SQ) $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA 81003 POC URINE CHEMSTICK AUTO PRVDR RESULTED $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA URINE AUTO DIP (81003) $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA POC Urine Chemstick AUTOMATED Outpt IVIEW $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA SC URINE DIPSTICK (SQ) $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA LS URINALYSIS DIPSTIK AUTOM (SQ) $4.97 $15.00 67%
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA Urine pH. $4.97 $15.00 67%
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA HC URINE DIP W/RFX TO MICROSCOPIC IF IND $17.40 $29.00 40%
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA HC SPEC GRAV URINE $17.40 $29.00 40%
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $17.40 $29.00 40%
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $17.40 $29.00 40%
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA HC URINE DIP W/RFX TO MICROSCOPIC IF IND $17.40 $29.00 40%
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA HC SPEC GRAV URINE $17.40 $29.00 40%
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Outpatient: lowest $2.57, median $4.97, highest $17.40 — a 6.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $4.97. 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.