Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — inpatient

In Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $83.60 to $278.50, with a median of $162.60. The lowest listed price is at Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$83.60Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital
Median$162.60half pay less
Highest$278.50in 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL.

median
Lowest $83.60Highest $278.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital lowest Lakeland, FL Hb Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope - Urinalysis Chem-Poct $83.60 $209.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Heart of Florida Davenport, FL HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE - URINALYSIS CHEM ONLY - SPECIFIC GRAVITY $162.60 $162.60 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Heart of Florida Davenport, FL HC URINALYSIS DIPSTICK $162.60 $162.60 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL HC URINALYSIS DIPSTICK $278.50 $278.50 Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $83.60, median $162.60, highest $278.50 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $162.60 — 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital Lakeland, FLHb Urine Phys/Chem $2.00 file
Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital Lakeland, FLHb Urine, Occult Blood $2.00 file