Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Kalispell, MT — inpatient

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $4.55 to $15.11, with a median of $9.83. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $5.28 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $27.14 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$4.55Logan Health Medical Center
Median$9.83half pay less
Highest$15.11in this market
Difference3.3×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 Kalispell, MT.

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Lowest $4.55Highest $25.51

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 URINALYSIS DIPSTICK/TABLET $4.55 $7.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 URINALYSIS, DIPSTICK/TABLET $7.64 $11.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 URINALYSIS DIPSTICK/TABLET $15.11 $23.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 URINALYSIS, DIPSTICK/TABLET $17.22 $26.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 HEME-SPEC GRAV/URINE $21.78 $33.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 HEME-URINE CHEM-STRIP $22.59 $34.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 HEME - URINALYSIS REFLEX $23.56 $36.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 HEME - BLOOD/URINE $25.51 $39.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $4.55, median $9.83, highest $15.11 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $9.83 — 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.