Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Salisbury, MD — inpatient

In Salisbury, MD, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $10.98 to $10.98, with a median of $10.98.

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 — and —.

Lowest$10.98TidalHealth Peninsula
Median$10.98half pay less
Highest$10.98in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury, MD HC URINALYSIS ROUTINE $10.98 $11.20 2%
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Inpatient: lowest $10.98, median $10.98, highest $10.98.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10.98 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81003 ($25.00). 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.

Deer's Head Hospital Center Salisbury, MDAUTOMATED, WITHOUT MICROSCOPY $2.25 file