Urine dipstick, automated cost in Little Rock, AR — inpatient
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $10.17 to $51.82, with a median of $10.27. The lowest listed price is at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center — $0.10 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $20.20 at 26 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center lowest Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 SVDOPS UA | $10.17 | $40.00 | — | 75% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 SVDOPS UA | $10.27 | $40.00 | — | 74% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 URINALYSIS MACROSCOPIC | $11.44 | $45.00 | — | 75% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Conway Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Conway, AR URINALYSIS NO MICRO EXAM | $51.82 | $51.82 | — | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $10.17, median $10.27, highest $51.82 — a 5.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $15.24 — 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.