Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Lima, OH — inpatient

In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $3.27 to $79.20, with a median of $12.60. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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$3.27Lima Memorial Health System
Median$12.60half pay less
Highest$79.20in this market
Difference24.2×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 Lima, OH.

median
Lowest $3.27Highest $79.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH Urinalysis Auto Wo Scope $3.27 $3.63 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH Urinalysis (Umac) $12.60 $14.00 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center LLC Lima, OH HC Urinalysis, Auto, W/O Scope $79.20 $132.00 40%
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Inpatient: lowest $3.27, median $12.60, highest $79.20 — a 24.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $12.60 — 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.