Lab tests CPT 82043 Outpatient

Urine microalbumin test cost in Augusta, GA

In Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for urine microalbumin (albumin) test: from $11.70 to $472.48, with a median of $56.25. The lowest listed price is at Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col — $44.55 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $56.25 at 88 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 82043, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$11.70Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col

Median$56.25half of hospitals charge less

Highest$472.48in this market

Difference40.4×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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC.

median

Lowest $11.70Highest $472.48

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col lowest Augusta, GA · (706) 721-6569 Hc Urine Albumin Quantitative File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$11.70	$30.00	—	61%
Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R Edgefield, SC · (803) 637-3174 HC Microalbumin Creatinine Ratio+1 more line at this price source file	$33.00	$55.00	$26.95–$49.23	40%
Piedmont Augusta Augusta, GA · (706) 722-9011 HC Microalbumin Urine File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$56.25	$187.50	$0.01–$168.75	70%
Piedmont McDuffie Hospital Thomson, GA · (706) 595-1411 HC Microalbumin Urine File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$56.25	$187.50	$0.19–$168.75	70%
Doctors Hospital Augusta, GA · (706) 651-6008 MICROALBUMIN QN+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$472.48	$472.48	$5.78–$425.23	—

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

Outpatient: lowest $11.70, median $56.25, highest $472.48 — a 40.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $56.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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

A urine microalbumin test measures small amounts of albumin protein in the urine. It is the yearly kidney check for people with diabetes or high blood pressure.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test; collecting the sample may be billed separately.