Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in St. Louis, MO-IL — inpatient

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $3.75 to $72.72, with a median of $3.75. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Lincoln.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 16, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$3.75Mercy Hospital Lincoln
Median$3.75half pay less
Highest$72.72in this market
Difference19.4×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $3.75Highest $72.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

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Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Urnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $3.75 $5.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South Louis, MO URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $7.80 $7.80 Mar 16, 2026
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Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South Louis, MO URINALYSIS MACRO ONLY $7.80 $7.80 Mar 16, 2026
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American Healthcare Systems Illinois LLC Granite City, IL UA, AUTO, W-O SCOPE $14.31 $23.85 40%
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Hshs Holy Family Hospital Inc Greenville, IL HC URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICRO $70.56 $98.00 28%
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Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis Chesterfield, MO URINALYSIS MACRO ONLY $71.08 $71.08 Mar 16, 2026
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Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis Chesterfield, MO URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $71.08 $71.08 Mar 16, 2026
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Hshs Holy Family Hospital Inc Greenville, IL HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O MICRO $72.72 $101.00 28%
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Inpatient: lowest $3.75, median $3.75, highest $72.72 — a 19.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $7.80 — 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.