Urinalysis with microscopy cost in North Carolina
In North Carolina, 19 hospitals publish a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $5.50 to $45.50, with a median of $42.50. The lowest price is at Alleghany County Memorial Hospital (Sparta). The highest price is 8.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $42.50, is 93% above the US median of $22.00.
- That is 10.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
- North Carolina ranks 44th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 81000. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$5.50Alleghany County Memorial Hospital
Median$42.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$45.50in North Carolina
Lowest saves$37.00vs the median
Hospitals in North Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany County Memorial Hospital lowest Sparta · Sparta, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $5.50 | $11.00 | Aug 12, 2025 source file |
| Betsy Johnson Hospital Dunn · Anderson Creek, NC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/SCOPE | $6.03 | $10.05 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/SCOPE | $6.03 | $10.05 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford · Fayetteville, NC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/SCOPE | $6.03 | $10.05 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/SCOPE | $6.03 | $10.05 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/SCOPE | $6.03 | $10.05 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City · Elizabeth City, NC N-Autom Urine Dip W Micro | $11.00 | $22.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 28, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby · Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 28, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health University City Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 28, 2026 source file |
| Stanly Regional Medical Center Albermarle · Albemarle, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $42.50 | $85.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem · Winston-Salem, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $43.00 | $86.00 | Oct 8, 2025 source file |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run · Winston-Salem, NC HC URINE SINGLE XZ | $45.50 | $91.00 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 8 | $42.50 | $42.50 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 3 | $6.03 | $6.03 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 2 | $43.00 | $44.25 |
| Albemarle, NC | 1 | $42.50 | $42.50 |
| Anderson Creek, NC | 1 | $6.03 | $6.03 |
| Elizabethtown, NC | 1 | $6.03 | $6.03 |
| Elizabeth City, NC | 1 | $11.00 | $11.00 |
| Sparta, NC | 1 | $5.50 | $5.50 |
| Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 1 | $42.50 | $42.50 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What urinalysis with microscopy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Urinalysis with microscopy explained.
Urinalysis with microscope exam, manual in other states
- Alabama$24.00
- Alaska$83.15
- Arizona$20.00
- Arkansas$17.60
- California$31.72
- Colorado$84.49
- Connecticut$12.24
- District of Columbia$25.43, 1 hospital
- Florida$39.73
- Georgia$38.70
- Hawaii$19.20
- Idaho$27.10
- Illinois$22.50
- Indiana$26.57
- Iowa$29.86
- Kansas$26.15
- Kentucky$20.96
- Louisiana$7.36
- Maine$24.96
- Maryland$24.70
- Massachusetts$14.50
- Michigan$15.00
- Minnesota$34.24
- Mississippi$20.00
- Missouri$26.65
- Montana$18.10
- Nebraska$35.42
- Nevada$51.00
- New Hampshire$18.50
- New Jersey$4.42
- New Mexico$16.98, 3 hospitals
- New York$11.78
- North Dakota$26.40
- Ohio$18.20
- Oklahoma$17.85
- Oregon$30.40
- Pennsylvania$29.60
- Puerto Rico$24.00
- Rhode Island$4.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$27.00
- South Dakota$39.00
- Tennessee$13.31
- Texas$39.33
- Utah$48.70
- Vermont$19.45
- Virginia$10.15
- Washington$17.10
- West Virginia$16.00
- Wisconsin$12.50
- Wyoming$30.18
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.