Urine dipstick, automated cost in Tallahassee, FL
In Tallahassee, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $63.52 to $306.00, with a median of $184.76. The lowest listed price is at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare — $121.24 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $121.00 at 144 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Tallahassee, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare lowest Tallahassee, FL · (850) 431-1155 HC URINALYSIS, AUTO, W/O SCOPE - URINALYSIS CHEM ONLY | $63.52 | $90.74 | — | 30% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 UA W O MICRO AUTO | $306.00 | $306.00 | $47.12–$306.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $63.52, median $184.76, highest $306.00 — a 4.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $63.52. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.