Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Lincoln, NE — inpatient

In Lincoln, NE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $20.24 to $36.50, with a median of $34.00. The lowest listed price is at Nebraska Heart Hospital.

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 Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$20.24Nebraska Heart Hospital
Median$34.00half pay less
Highest$36.50in this market
Difference1.8×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 Lincoln, NE.

median
Lowest $20.24Highest $36.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Nebraska Heart Hospital lowest Lincoln, NE HC URINALYSIS AUTO WO MICRO $20.24 $44.00 54% Feb 28, 2026
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Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln, NE HC POC URINE AUTO WO MICRO $34.00 $68.00 50% Feb 28, 2026
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Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln, NE HC URINALYSIS AUTO WO MICRO $36.50 $73.00 50% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $20.24, median $34.00, highest $36.50 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $34.00 — 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.