Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Huntsville, AL — inpatient

In Huntsville, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $30.66 to $2,161.50, with a median of $98.25. The lowest listed price is at Crestwood Medical Center.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 1, 2026.

Lowest$30.66Crestwood Medical Center
Median$98.25half pay less
Highest$2,161.50in this market
Difference70.5×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 Huntsville, AL.

median
Lowest $30.66Highest $144,500.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Crestwood Medical Center lowest Huntsville, AL UA, AUTO, W-O SCOPE $30.66 $145.98 79% Jan 1, 2026
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Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL NM-1-131 SODIUM IODIDE CAP PER $93.50 $93.50
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Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $103.00 $103.00
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Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL D-PERSONAL INTERBODY CAGE R10 $2,161.50 $2,161.50
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Huntsville Hospital one side Huntsville, AL D-HEMODIAL/PERITON LT CATH R24 $144,500.00 $144,500.00
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Inpatient: lowest $30.66, median $98.25, highest $2,161.50 — a 70.5× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $144,500.00, median $144,500.00, highest $144,500.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $98.25 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $144,500.00 — 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.