Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Blue Ridge, GA — inpatient

In Blue Ridge, GA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $11.46 to $11.46, with a median of $11.46. Across Georgia, the median is $28.08 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 17, 2026 and Apr 17, 2026.

Lowest$11.46Blue Ridge Medical Center
Median$11.46half pay less
Highest$11.46in this market
Difference1.0×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 Blue Ridge, GA.

median
Lowest $11.46Highest $109.99

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Blue Ridge Medical Center lowest Blue Ridge, GA · (706) 632-3711 URINALYSIS AUTO W/O SCOPE $11.46 $19.10 $1.79–$202.43 40% Apr 17, 2026
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Blue Ridge Medical Center Blue Ridge, GA · (706) 632-3711 UA, AUTO, W-O SCOPE $109.99 $183.33 $1.79–$202.43 40% Apr 17, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $11.46, median $11.46, highest $11.46.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $11.46 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is 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.