Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Syracuse, NY

In Syracuse, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $5.00 to $1,485.90, with a median of $17.00. The lowest listed price is at St Josephs Hospital Health Center.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$5.00St Josephs Hospital Health Center
Median$17.00half pay less
Highest$1,485.90in this market
Difference297.2×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 Syracuse, NY.

median
Lowest $5.00Highest $1,485.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
St Josephs Hospital Health Center lowest Syracuse, NY PR Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $5.00 $5.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY 81003 URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT GLUCOSE, AUTO W/ $17.00 $17.00
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Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY 81003 URNLS DIP STICK/TABLET RGNT AUTO W/O MICROSC $17.00 $17.00
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St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $24.70 $38.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY HC Urinalysis Without Microscopy Automated $1,485.90 Mar 31, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $5.00, median $17.00, highest $1,485.90 — a 297.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $17.00. 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.