Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — inpatient

In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $116.37 to $116.37, with a median of $116.37.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 15, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026.

Lowest$116.37Watsonville Community Hospital
Median$116.37half pay less
Highest$116.37in this market
Difference1.0×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 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.

median
Lowest $116.37Highest $116.37

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Watsonville Community Hospital lowest Watsonville, CA URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $116.37 $193.95 40% Sep 15, 2026
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Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CA UA,AUTO WITH OUT MICROSCOPE $116.37 $193.95 40% Sep 15, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $116.37, median $116.37, highest $116.37.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $116.37 — 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.