Urine dipstick, automated cost in Wichita Falls, TX
In Wichita Falls, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $6.40 to $73.15, with a median of $39.78. The lowest listed price is at Kell West Regional Hospital — $33.38 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $50.15 at 280 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Wichita Falls, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kell West Regional Hospital lowest Wichita Falls, TX URINALYSIS MACROSCOPIC ONLY | $6.40 | $24.00 | $1.89–$50.00 | 73% | — source file |
| Kell West Regional Hospital Wichita Falls, TX URINE PH | $19.20 | $10.00 | $1.89–$50.00 | -92% | — source file |
| United Regional Health Care System Wichita Falls, TX · (940) 764-7000 Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, without microscopy | $73.15 | $77.00 | $2.36–$73.15 | 5% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $6.40, median $39.78, highest $73.15 — a 11.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.