Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY
In Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $6.00 to $11.70, with a median of $8.85. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Chautauqua.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Chautauqua lowest Jamestown, NY URINE MACRO | $6.00 | $10.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown, NY SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE-C | $6.00 | $10.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NY HC URINE AUTO WO MICROSCOPY | $11.70 | $15.00 | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NY HC URINE AUTO WO MICROSCOPY | $11.70 | $15.00 | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $6.00, median $8.85, highest $11.70 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $6.00. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81003 ($25.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NYCHG URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY | $1.32 | file |