Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Springfield, MO

In Springfield, MO, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $25.35 to $57.20, with a median of $42.25. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Springfield.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$25.35Mercy Hospital Springfield
Median$42.25half pay less
Highest$57.20in this market
Difference2.3×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 Springfield, MO.

median
Lowest $25.35Highest $57.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Springfield lowest Springfield, MO Urine Ph Automated $25.35 $39.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO Urine Ph Automated $25.35 $39.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO Urine Ketones Automated $38.35 $59.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO Urine Ketones Automated $38.35 $59.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $42.25 $65.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO POC Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $42.25 $65.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO Specific Gravity Urine Automated $57.20 $88.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO Specific Gravity Urine Automated $57.20 $88.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $57.20 $88.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO Urinalysis Automated W/O Micro $57.20 $88.00 35%
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Outpatient: lowest $25.35, median $42.25, highest $57.20 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10.45. 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.