Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Lexington-Fayette, KY

In Lexington-Fayette, KY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $24.80 to $26.83, with a median of $24.80. The lowest listed price is at University of Kentucky Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.

Lowest$24.80University of Kentucky Hospital
Median$24.80half pay less
Highest$26.83in this market
Difference1.1×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 Lexington-Fayette, KY.

median
Lowest $24.80Highest $26.83

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
University of Kentucky Hospital lowest Lexington, KY Hc Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope - Poct Ketone, Urine $24.80 $62.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
source file
University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington, KY Hc Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope $24.80 $62.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
source file
Baptist Healthcare System INC Lexington, KY Automated urinalysis test $26.83 $35.77 25% Sep 17, 2026
source file

Outpatient: lowest $24.80, median $24.80, highest $26.83 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $24.80. 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.