Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Winston-Salem, NC — inpatient

In Winston-Salem, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $17.00 to $20.00, with a median of $18.00. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $1.00 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $52.38 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$17.00North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Median$18.00half pay less
Highest$20.00in this market
Difference1.2×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 Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $17.00Highest $20.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $17.00 $34.00 50% Oct 21, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $18.00 $36.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Lexington Medical Center Lexington, NC HC URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $20.00 $40.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $17.00, median $18.00, highest $20.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $18.00 — 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.