Urinalysis, automated cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 26 hospitals publish a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, automated: from $10.72 to $450.68, with a median of $24.85. The lowest price is at Inspira Health Center Bridgeton (Bridgeton) and 5 other hospitals. The highest price is 42.0× the lowest.

• The median here, $24.85, is 41% below the US median of $42.22.
• That is 7.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.17).
• New Jersey ranks 7th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 11 of 26 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; 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 Oct 29, 2026. See them on a map