Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated in Corning, IA — inpatient

In Corning, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $3.36 to $30.72, with a median of $17.04.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$3.36Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa
Median$17.04half pay less
Highest$30.72in this market
Difference9.1×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 Corning, IA.

median
Lowest $3.36Highest $30.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa lowest Corning, IA HC RHC UA WO MICRO AUTO $3.36 $7.00 52% Feb 28, 2026
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Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa Corning, IA HC URINALYSIS AUTO WO MICRO $30.72 $64.00 52% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $3.36, median $17.04, highest $30.72 — a 9.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $17.04 — 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.