Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Madison, WI

In Madison, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $30.55 to $38.40, with a median of $31.20. The lowest listed price is at Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jan 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$30.55Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital
Median$31.20half pay less
Highest$38.40in this market
Difference1.3×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 Madison, WI.

median
Lowest $30.55Highest $38.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital lowest Portage, WI Urine Dipstick,Nonautomated (Clini $30.55 $47.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage, WI URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $30.55 $47.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI HC AUTOM URINALYSIS WO MICRO $31.84 $39.80 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI CHG URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE $38.40 $48.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $30.55, median $31.20, highest $38.40 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $31.20. 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.