Urine dipstick, automated cost in Salem, OH
In Salem, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $27.00 to $27.00, with a median of $27.00. Across Ohio, the median is $22.85 at 114 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Salem, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 URINE CHEMSCREEN | $27.00 | $27.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 URINALYSIS W/MICR, NO CULTURE | $44.00 | $44.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 URINALYSIS, NO CULTURE | $44.00 | $44.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 URINE URINALYSIS | $44.00 | $44.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 PREGNANCY URINALYSIS | $44.00 | $44.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $27.00, median $27.00, highest $27.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $27.00. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81003 ($28.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHURINE MACROSCOPIC | $2.00 | file |