Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — inpatient

In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $17.11 to $34.80, with a median of $29.93. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.

Lowest$17.11Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
Median$29.93half pay less
Highest$34.80in this market
Difference2.0×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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.

median
Lowest $17.11Highest $34.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE $17.11 $59.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN HC POC URINALYSIS UA CLINITEK $17.69 $61.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $17.69 $61.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD URINE $22.23 $74.10 70%
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Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN KETONES $26.24 $87.45 70%
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Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN KETONES-URINE $26.24 $87.45 70%
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Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN PH URINE $28.19 $93.95 70%
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Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN PH URINE $28.19 $93.95 70%
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Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN PROTEIN URINE $29.93 $99.75 70%
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE $31.86 $59.00 46% Oct 1, 2025
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Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE $32.81 $109.35 70%
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Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE $32.81 $109.35 70%
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $32.94 $61.00 46% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN HC POC URINALYSIS UA CLINITEK $32.94 $61.00 46% Oct 1, 2025
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Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN URINALYSIS W/OUT MICROSCOPIC $34.80 $116.00 70%
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Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN URINALYSIS W/OUT MICROSCOPIC $34.80 $116.00 70%
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Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN URINALYSIS WO MICROSCOPICS $34.80 $116.00 70%
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Inpatient: lowest $17.11, median $29.93, highest $34.80 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $29.93 — 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.