Lab tests CPT 81003 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urine dipstick, automated cost in Morrilton, AR — inpatient

In Morrilton, AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated as an inpatient: from $8.41 to $8.41, with a median of $8.41. Across Arkansas, the median is $19.12 at 26 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$8.41St Anthony's Hospital Association
Median$8.41half pay less
Highest$8.41in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Anthony's Hospital Association Morrilton, AR · (501) 977-2300 URINALYSIS DIPSTICK $8.41 $33.00 — 75% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $8.41, median $8.41, highest $8.41.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $8.41 — 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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 81003 ($27.50). 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.

St Anthony's Hospital Association Morrilton, ARURINALYSIS MACROSCOPIC $1.02 file
St Anthony's Hospital Association Morrilton, ARSPECIFIC GRAVITY $1.79 file
St Anthony's Hospital Association Morrilton, ARURINALYSIS AUTO WO SCOPE -QW $2.04 file