Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Joplin, MO-KS

In Joplin, MO-KS, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $7.80 to $73.20, with a median of $31.85. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.

Lowest$7.80Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin
Median$31.85half pay less
Highest$73.20in this market
Difference9.4×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 Joplin, MO-KS.

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Lowest $7.80Highest $73.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin lowest Joplin, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $7.80 $12.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $7.80 $12.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO Urine Ph Automated $20.15 $31.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO Specific Gravity Urine Automated $25.35 $39.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Urine Ketones Automated $31.20 $48.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Specific Gravity Urine Automated $31.20 $48.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Urine Ph Automated $31.20 $48.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus, KS Urine Ph Automated $31.85 $49.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus, KS Urine Ketones Automated $31.85 $49.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus, KS Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $31.85 $49.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus, KS Specific Gravity Urine Automated $31.85 $49.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $35.10 $54.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $35.10 $54.00 35%
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena, KS POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $36.40 $56.00 35%
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena, KS Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $36.40 $56.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO Urine Ketones Automated $58.50 $90.00 35%
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO URINALYSIS AUTO DIP W/O MICRO $73.20 $122.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE $73.20 $122.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Freeman Neosho Hospital Neosho, MO UA DIP STICK/TABLET REAGE $73.20 $122.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $7.80, median $31.85, highest $73.20 — a 9.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $73.20. 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.