Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — inpatient

In Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $8.45 to $96.10, with a median of $21.12. The lowest listed price is at St. Mary�s Medical Center.

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 Oct 14, 2025 and Oct 14, 2025.

Lowest$8.45St. Mary�s Medical Center
Median$21.12half pay less
Highest$96.10in this market
Difference11.4×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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH.

median
Lowest $8.45Highest $96.10

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
St. Mary�s Medical Center lowest Huntington, WV Urinalysis Automated POC $8.45 $8.45
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Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. Huntington, WV Glucose Urine qual $13.52 $13.52
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Ashland Hospital Corporation Ashland, KY HCHG URINALYSIS-AUTOMATED WITHOUT MICROSCOPY(CLINTEK) $18.63 $46.56 60% Oct 14, 2025
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St. Mary�s Medical Center Huntington, WV UA w Cult if Ind $21.12 $21.12
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St. Mary�s Medical Center Huntington, WV UA w/o Microscopic $21.12 $21.12
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St. Mary�s Medical Center Huntington, WV Glucose Urine qual $21.12 $21.12
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St. Mary�s Medical Center Huntington, WV Specific Gravity Urine Automated $21.12 $21.12
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St. Mary�s Medical Center Huntington, WV UA Routine $21.12 $21.12
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Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. Huntington, WV Specific Gravity Urine Automated $25.27 $25.27
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Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. Huntington, WV UA Routine $96.10 $96.10
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Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. Huntington, WV UA w Cult if Ind $96.10 $96.10
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Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. Huntington, WV UA w/o Microscopic $96.10 $96.10
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Inpatient: lowest $8.45, median $21.12, highest $96.10 — a 11.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $21.12 — 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.