Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in St. Marys, PA — inpatient

In St. Marys, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $3.00 to $49.00, with a median of $49.00.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$3.00Penn Highlands Elk
Median$49.00half pay less
Highest$49.00in this market
Difference16.3×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. Marys, PA.

median
Lowest $3.00Highest $49.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Penn Highlands Elk lowest Saint Marys, PA Q-CARE URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $3.00 $3.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys, PA RHC URINALYSIS DIPSTICK AUTO W/O SCOPE $15.00 $15.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys, PA URINALYSIS AUTO DIPSTICK W/O SCOPE $16.00 $16.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys, PA Urine Protein Qualitative $49.00 $49.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys, PA Specific Gravity Urine Automated $49.00 $49.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys, PA Urinalysis Routine Analysis $49.00 $49.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys, PA UA $49.00 $49.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys, PA pH Urine $49.00 $49.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $3.00, median $49.00, highest $49.00 — a 16.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $49.00 — 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.