Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

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.

Lowest$6.00UPMC Chautauqua
Median$8.85half pay less
Highest$11.70in this market
Difference2.0×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 Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY.

median
Lowest $6.00Highest $11.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
UPMC Chautauqua lowest Jamestown, NY URINE MACRO $6.00 $10.00 40%
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UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown, NY SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE-C $6.00 $10.00 40%
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Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NY HC URINE AUTO WO MICROSCOPY $11.70 $15.00 22% Apr 14, 2026
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Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NY HC URINE AUTO WO MICROSCOPY $11.70 $15.00 22% Apr 14, 2026
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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