Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

In Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $9.60 to $47.20, with a median of $37.70. The lowest listed price is at Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley 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 — and —.

Lowest$9.60Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital
Median$37.70half pay less
Highest$47.20in this market
Difference4.9×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 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA.

median
Lowest $9.60Highest $47.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital lowest Mount Vernon, WA HC URINE ANALYSIS DIPSTICK W/O MICROSCOPY $9.60 $12.00 20%
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PeaceHealth United General Medical Center Sedro Woolley, WA AUTOMATED URINALYSIS TEST $37.70 $58.00 35%
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Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Mount Vernon, WA HC URINE ANALYSIS DIPSTICK W/O MICROSCOPY $47.20 $59.00 20%
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Outpatient: lowest $9.60, median $37.70, highest $47.20 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $47.20. 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.