Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Moses Lake, WA — inpatient

In Moses Lake, WA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $10.00 to $10.00, with a median of $10.00. Across Washington, the median is $27.44 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$10.00Samaritan Hospital
Median$10.00half pay less
Highest$10.00in 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 Moses Lake, WA.

median
Lowest $10.00Highest $27.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Samaritan Hospital lowest Moses Lake, WA · (509) 765-5606 HC PR 81003 Urinalysis Auto W/O Scope $10.00 $10.00 — — —
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Samaritan Hospital Moses Lake, WA · (509) 765-5606 Automated urinalysis test $27.00 $27.00 — — —
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Inpatient: lowest $10.00, median $10.00, highest $10.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $31.73 — 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.