Urine dipstick, automated cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 12 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $4.41 to $59.64, with a median of $24.40. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Scott Regional — $19.99 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $15.12 at 56 hospitals.
- The median here, $24.40, is 6% below the US median of $26.07.
- That is 10.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.25).
- 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 30, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Jackson, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Scott Regional lowest Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC URINE W/O MICRO, AUTO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4.41 | $7.00 | $2.03–$5.60 | 37% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 PH URINE+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $12.71 | $31.00 | $2.25–$27.90 | 59% |
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics Lexington, MS · (662) 834-1321 HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $14.00 | $35.00 | $2.09–$35.00 | 60% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 URINALYSIS+1 more line at this price File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $15.75 | $75.00 | $1.32–$60.00 | 79% |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope - Urinalysis Chem Only File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $17.00 | $17.00 | $2.25–$17.00 | — |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 PROTEIN URINE QUAL+1 more line at this price File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $20.16 | $96.00 | $1.32–$76.80 | 79% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC POC UA DIPSTICK File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.81 | $37.80 | $2.03–$30.24 | 37% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 81003 AUTOMATED URINALYSIS TEST File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $24.40 | $61.00 | $2.09–$54.90 | 60% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 81003 AUTOMATED URINALYSIS TEST File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $24.40 | $61.00 | $2.03–$6.32 | 60% |
| Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 Dipstick Type? - Auto+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $28.35 | $189.00 | $1.91–$500.00 | 85% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC SPECIFIC GRAVITY, URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $28.98 | $46.00 | $2.03–$36.80 | 37% |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon, MS · (601) 825-2811 Perform Microscopic - No+5 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $29.55 | $197.00 | $2.03–$197.00 | 85% |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall, MS · (601) 847-2221 Automated urinalysis test File of Apr 30, 2025 · source file | $30.45 | $43.50 | $1.93–$36.98 | 30% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 PROTEIN URINE QUAL File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $39.36 | $96.00 | $2.25–$86.40 | 59% |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 Perform Microscopic - No+6 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $55.62 | $309.00 | $2.03–$309.00 | 82% |
| Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood, MS Reflex Microscopic Type? - Not Required+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $59.64 | $284.00 | $2.03–$284.00 | 79% |
Outpatient: lowest $4.41, median $24.40, highest $59.64 — a 13.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $36.85. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 10 of 12 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.
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