Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $23.40 to $56.00, with a median of $56.00. The lowest listed price is at Shriners Childrens - Northern California.

Cash prices at 4 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$23.40Shriners Childrens - Northern California
Median$56.00half pay less
Highest$56.00in this market
Difference2.4×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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.

median
Lowest $23.40Highest $56.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Shriners Childrens - Northern California lowest Sacramento, CA AUTOMATED URINALYSIS TEST $23.40 $23.40
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $56.00 $100.00 44%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $56.00 $100.00 44%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento, CA URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSCOPY $56.00 $100.00 44%
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Outpatient: lowest $23.40, median $56.00, highest $56.00 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $56.00. 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.