Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Grantsville, WV — inpatient

In Grantsville, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $20.00 to $20.00, with a median of $20.00. Across West Virginia, the median is $13.52 at 33 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 — and —.

Lowest$20.00Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center
Median$20.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$20.00in 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 Grantsville, WV.

median
Lowest $20.00Highest $46.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center lowest Grantsville, WV · (304) 354-9244 SINGLE TEST-URINE DIPSTICK source file $20.00 $20.00 $15.33–$23.10 —
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Grantsville, WV · (304) 354-9244 URINE DIPSTICK+1 more line at this price source file $25.00 $25.00 $15.33–$23.10 —
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Grantsville, WV · (304) 354-9244 SBH-RHC URINE DIPSTICK CLINIC source file $28.00 $28.00 $15.33–$23.10 —
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Grantsville, WV · (304) 354-9244 GPC ACETONE URINE source file $46.00 $46.00 $15.33–$23.10 —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $20.00, median $20.00, highest $20.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $20.00 — 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.