Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Monroe, LA — inpatient

In Monroe, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $7.75 to $7.75, with a median of $7.75. Across Louisiana, the median is $8.45 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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$7.75Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

Median$7.75half of hospitals charge less

Highest$7.75in this market

Difference1.0×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 Monroe, LA.

median

Lowest $7.75Highest $7.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe lowest Monroe, LA · (318) 388-7000 HC URINE W/O MICRO, AUTO+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$7.75	$33.70	—	77%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $7.75, median $7.75, highest $7.75.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $8.45 — 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.