Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Liberty, KY — inpatient

In Liberty, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $12.00 to $12.00, with a median of $12.00. Across Kentucky, the median is $22.03 at 76 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$12.00Casey County Hospital
Median$12.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$12.00in 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 Liberty, KY.

median
Lowest $12.00Highest $36.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Casey County Hospital lowest Liberty, KY · (606) 787-6275 UA AUTO NO MICRO source file $12.00 $15.00 $1.84–$15.15 20%
Casey County Hospital Liberty, KY · (606) 787-6275 URINALYSIS source file $36.00 $45.00 $1.84–$45.45 20%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $12.00, median $12.00, highest $12.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $12.00 — 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.