Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Jonesboro, AR — inpatient

In Jonesboro, AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $6.46 to $35.91, with a median of $21.19.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 27, 2026.

Lowest$6.46Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA
Median$21.19half pay less
Highest$35.91in this market
Difference5.6×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 Jonesboro, AR.

median
Lowest $6.46Highest $35.91

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA lowest Jonesboro, AR PROTEIN URINE QUAL $6.46 $34.00 81% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA Jonesboro, AR URINALYSIS $35.91 $189.00 81% Feb 27, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $6.46, median $21.19, highest $35.91 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $21.19 — 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.

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.

Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA Jonesboro, ARPH URINE $1.33 file