Urine dipstick, automated cost in Winfield, AL
In Winfield, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, automated: from $9.00 to $9.00, with a median of $9.00. Across Alabama, the median is $24.00 at 37 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 81003, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Winfield, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Mississippi Health Services - South Marion lowest Winfield, AL · (205) 487-7000 SPEC GRAV UR AUTO | $9.00 | $30.00 | — | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services - South Marion Winfield, AL · (205) 487-7000 PROTEIN UR QUAL AUTO | $22.20 | $74.00 | — | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services - South Marion Winfield, AL · (205) 487-7000 GLUC UR QUAL AUTO | $29.69 | $98.98 | — | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services - South Marion Winfield, AL · (205) 487-7000 BLOOD URINE AUTO | $105.37 | $351.24 | — | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services - South Marion Winfield, AL · (205) 487-7000 UA W O MICRO AUTO | $847.50 | $2,825.00 | — | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $9.00, median $9.00, highest $9.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $9.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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 ($28.60). 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.
| North Mississippi Health Services - South Marion Winfield, ALKETONES UR AUTO | $2.40 | file |