Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Portland-South Portland, ME — inpatient

In Portland-South Portland, ME, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $9.10 to $59.35, with a median of $33.60. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital.

Cash prices at 5 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 Sep 9, 2025 and Sep 9, 2025.

Lowest$9.10Mercy Hospital
Median$33.60half pay less
Highest$59.35in this market
Difference6.5×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 Portland-South Portland, ME.

median
Lowest $9.10Highest $59.35

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital lowest Portland, ME URINALYSIS W/MICROSCOPIC-Q $9.10 $35.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME URINALYSIS MACROSCOPIC-Q $9.10 $35.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME SPECIFIC GRAVITY URINE-Q $9.10 $35.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME PH URINE-Q $9.10 $35.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME URINALYSIS AUTO WO MICRO $9.10 $35.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME RH URINE ALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $9.10 $35.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $9.10 $35.00 74%
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York Hospital York, ME POC URINALYSIS (GL8085) $11.40 $19.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME POC URINALYSIS (GL6233) $13.20 $22.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME POC URINALYSIS (GL7008) $16.80 $28.00 40%
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MaineHealth Portland, ME B* HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $23.75 $23.75 Sep 9, 2025
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MaineHealth Brunswick, ME CHG URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $30.00 $30.00 Sep 9, 2025
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York Hospital York, ME SPECIFIC GRAVITY $37.20 $62.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME PH $45.00 $75.00 40%
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MaineHealth Biddeford, ME HC URNLS DIP STICK/TARGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $47.70 $47.70 Sep 9, 2025
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York Hospital York, ME URINALYSIS, ROUTINE $48.00 $80.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME UROBILINOGEN, URINE $48.00 $80.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME SB URINALYSIS, ROUTINE $48.00 $80.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME OCCULT BLOOD, URINE $48.00 $80.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME W URINALYSIS, ROUTINE (WELLS) $48.00 $80.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME PROTEIN, URINE QUAL (WELLS) $57.00 $95.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME PROTEIN, URINE QUAL $57.00 $95.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME PROTEIN, URINE QUAL (KITTERY) $57.00 $95.00 40%
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MaineHealth Brunswick, ME HC URNLS DIP STICK/TARGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $59.35 $59.35 Sep 9, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $9.10, median $33.60, highest $59.35 — a 6.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $30.00 — 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.