Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Hugo, CO — inpatient

In Hugo, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $35.00 to $35.00, with a median of $35.00. Across Colorado, the median is $130.13 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 4, 2026 and Jun 4, 2026.

Lowest$35.00Lincoln Health
Median$35.00half pay less
Highest$35.00in 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 Hugo, CO.

median
Lowest $35.00Highest $35.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 Urinalysis auto w/o scope $35.00 $35.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 Urinalysis dipstick only $35.00 $35.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 Urinalysis auto w/o scope $35.00 $35.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 Urinalysis dipstick only $35.00 $35.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $35.00, median $35.00, highest $35.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $35.00 — 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.