Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $7.20 to $93.00, with a median of $14.00. The lowest listed price is at St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc..

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 cities 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 Feb 11, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Lowest$7.20St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc.
Median$14.00half pay less
Highest$93.00in this market
Difference12.9×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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.

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Lowest $7.20Highest $93.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc. lowest Salem, IN #URINALYSIS DIP STICK;AUTO $7.20 $12.00 40%
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St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc. Salem, IN #URINALYSIS DIP STICK;AUTO $7.20 $12.00 40%
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Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY HB UR KETONE DIPSTICK $13.20 $66.00 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY HB US AUTO W/O MICRO $13.20 $66.00 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY HB URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $13.20 $66.00 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY HB HEMASTIX $13.20 $66.00 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY HB POC AUTO UA $13.20 $66.00 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Healthcare Indiana Inc Jeffersonville, IN HB US AUTO W/O MICRO $14.00 $100.00 86% Jun 3, 2026
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Norton Healthcare Indiana Inc Jeffersonville, IN HB URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $14.00 $100.00 86% Jun 3, 2026
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Norton Healthcare Indiana Inc Jeffersonville, IN HB HEMASTIX $14.00 $100.00 86% Jun 3, 2026
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Norton Healthcare Indiana Inc Jeffersonville, IN HB POC AUTO UA $14.00 $100.00 86% Jun 3, 2026
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Norton Healthcare Indiana Inc Jeffersonville, IN HB UR KETONE DIPSTICK $16.66 $119.00 86% Jun 3, 2026
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Baptist Healthcare System INC La Grange, KY Automated urinalysis test $26.83 $35.77 25% Sep 15, 2026
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Baptist Healthcare System INC New Albany, IN Automated urinalysis test $26.83 $35.77 25% Sep 15, 2026
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Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY Automated urinalysis test $26.83 $35.77 25% Sep 18, 2026
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Harrison County Hospital NW Corydon, IN Automated urinalysis test $57.60 $96.00 40% Jul 16, 2026
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St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc. Salem, IN URINALS DIPSTICK AUTO WO/MICR $93.00 $155.00 40%
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St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc. Salem, IN URINALS DIPSTICK AUTO WO/MICR $93.00 $155.00 40%
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Outpatient: lowest $7.20, median $14.00, highest $93.00 — a 12.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $13.60. 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.