Lab tests CPT 81003 Outpatient

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Deckerville, MI

In Deckerville, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $9.88 to $9.88, with a median of $9.88. Across Michigan, the median is $12.73 at 92 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 —.

Lowest$9.88Deckerville Community Hospital
Median$9.88half pay less
Highest$9.88in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Deckerville Community Hospital Deckerville, MI · (810) 376-2835 Hchg Ua W/O Micro Automated $9.88 $13.00 $158.84 24% —
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Outpatient: lowest $9.88, median $9.88, highest $9.88.

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 and 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81003 ($26.25). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Deckerville Community Hospital Deckerville, MIUrnls Dip Stick/Tablet Rgnt Auto W/O Microscopy $1.52 file