Urinalysis, automated cost in California

In California, 201 hospitals publish a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $5.35 to $1,073.13, with a median of $82.88. The lowest price is at St Elizabeth Community Hospital (Red Bluff). The highest price is 200.6× the lowest.

• The median here, $82.88, is 96% above the US median of $42.22.
• That is 26.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.17).
• California ranks 45th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 62 of 201 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 81001. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map