Urinalysis with microscopy cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $8.45 to $31.50, with a median of $27.00. The lowest price is at Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital (Charleston). The highest price is 3.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $27.00, is 23% above the US median of $22.00.
- That is 6.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
- South Carolina ranks 31st 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 Oct 31, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$8.45Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital
Median$27.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$31.50in South Carolina
Lowest saves$18.55vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital lowest Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Urinls Dip Stick/Tablet Reagnt Non-Auto Micrscpy | $8.45 | $13.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Francis-Eastside Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Urinls Dip Stick/Tablet Reagnt Non-Auto Micrscpy | $13.20 | $22.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades · Cades, SC HB URINE DIP NON-AUTO W/MICRO | $16.00 | $32.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB URINE DIP NON-AUTO W/MICRO | $20.00 | $40.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB URINE DIP NON-AUTO W/MICRO | $20.00 | $40.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC UA NON-AUTO W/MICRO | $21.75 | $29.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC UA NON-AUTO W/MICRO | $21.75 | $29.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R Edgefield · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Urinalysis Nonauto W/Micro | $27.00 | $45.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood · Greenwood, SC HC Urinalysis Nonauto W/Micro | $27.00 | $45.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Cherokee Medical Center Gaffney · Gaffney, SC Pbb Chg Urinalysis, Nonauto, W/Scope | $30.00 | $50.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pelham Medical Center Greer · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Pbb Chg Urinalysis, Nonauto, W/Scope | $30.00 | $50.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Hospital For Restorative Care Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC Pbb Chg Urinalysis, Nonauto, W/Scope | $30.00 | $50.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Medical Center Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC Pbb Chg Urinalysis, Nonauto, W/Scope | $30.00 | $50.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Union Medical Center Union · Spartanburg, SC Pbb Chg Urinalysis, Nonauto, W/Scope | $30.00 | $50.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville · Greenwood, SC HC Urinalysis Nonauto W/Micro | $31.50 | $45.00 | Mar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg, SC | 3 | $30.00 | $30.00 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 2 | $8.45 | $14.22 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 2 | $21.75 | $21.75 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 2 | $13.20 | $21.60 |
| Greenwood, SC | 2 | $27.00 | $29.25 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1 | $27.00 | $27.00 |
| Cades, SC | 1 | $16.00 | $16.00 |
| Gaffney, SC | 1 | $30.00 | $30.00 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $20.00 | $20.00 |
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 Carolina$42.50
- 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 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.