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Urine test with microscope in Los Angeles
Across 27 of 49 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $3 to $424 — 141.3× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare’s lab fee schedule pays $3.17 for this code, nationwide (2026).
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Dimas Community Hospital sandimashospital.com · San Dimas | $3 | $221 | $3–$20 | B |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center encinomed.org · Encino | $3 | $186 | $3–$5 | B |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center centinelamed.com · Inglewood | $3 | $170 | $3–$6 | B |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital shermanoakshospital.org · Sherman Oaks | $3 | $175 | $3–$5 | B |
| St Mary Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Long Beach | $3–$45 varies | $104 | $2–$104 | D |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center pvhmc.org · Pomona | $4 | — | $9–$48 | C |
| Casa Colina Hospital casacolina.org · Pomona | $4 | $19 | $3–$16 | C |
| East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital eladoctorshospital.com · Los Angeles | $6–$182 varies | $6 | $1–$145 | C |
| Memorial Hospital of Gardena memorialhospitalgardena.com · Gardena | $6–$182 varies | $6 | $1–$145 | C |
| Coast Plaza Hospital coastplazahospital.com · Norwalk | $6–$182 varies | $6 | $1–$145 | C |
| Whittier Hospital Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Whittier | $20–$40 varies | $223 | $2–$2,500 | F |
| Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center memorialcare.org · Long Beach | $23–$340 varies | $23 | $2–$42 | C |
| Saint John's Health Center providence.org · Santa Monica | $25–$102 varies | $273 | $3–$30 | C |
| Catalina Island Medical Center catalinaislandmedicalcenter.org · Avalon | $35–$183 varies | $261 | $3–$515 | D |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center providence.org · Mission Hills | $35–$181 varies | $431 | $3–$30 | C |
| Antelope Valley Hospital avmc.org · Lancaster | $35 | $35 | $3–$550 | D |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center providence.org · Torrance | $49–$69 varies | $198 | $3–$30 | C |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro providence.org · San Pedro | $49–$69 varies | $198 | $3–$30 | C |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance providence.org · Torrance | $49–$69 varies | $198 | $3–$30 | C |
| Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Glendale | $64 | $196 | $3–$157 | C |
| Pacifica Hospital of the Valley pacificahospital.com · Sun Valley | $83 | $83 | $42–$83 | C |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital mlkcommunityhospital.org · Los Angeles | $86–$88 varies | $453 | $2–$372 | C |
| Usc Arcadia Hospital methodisthospital.org · Arcadia | $91 | $259 | $3–$259 | C |
| Mission Community Hospital mountainstar.com · Panorama City | $92 | $92 | $3–$26 | C |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Woodland Hills | $93 | $179 | $2–$6 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Downey | $93 | $179 | $2–$6 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Harbor City | $93 | $179 | $2–$6 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Los Angeles | $93 | $179 | $2–$6 | B |
| Pih Health Downey Hospital healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Downey | $93 | $179 | $2–$6 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Baldwin Park | $93 | $179 | $2–$6 | B |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Northridge | $114 | $410 | $3–$410 | C |
| San Gabriel Valley Medical Center ahmchealth.com · San Gabriel | $133 | $444 | $2–$444 | D |
| Valley Presbyterian Hospital valleypres.org · Van Nuys | $139 | $139 | $3–$125 | B |
| Keck Hospital of Usc methodisthospital.org · Los Angeles | $145 | $145 | $3–$29 | C |
| Greater El Monte Community Hospital ahmchealth.com · South El Monte | $153–$216 varies | $153 | $2–$216 | D |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center providence.org · Tarzana | $161–$276 varies | $608 | $3–$30 | C |
| Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital methodisthospital.org · Glendale | $185 | $185 | $3–$22 | C |
| Uci Health-lakewood ucihealth.org · Lakewood | $223 | $558 | $3–$8 | C |
| Alhambra Hospital Medical Center alhambrahospital.com · Alhambra | $287 | $287 | $2–$287 | C |
| Cedars-sinai Medical Center cedars-sinai.org · Los Angeles | $288 | $443 | $7–$43 | C |
| Monterey Park Hospital ahmchealth.com · Monterey Park | $315 | $315 | $2–$925 | C |
| Garfield Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Monterey Park | $424 | $424 | $2–$424 | D |
| Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center uclahealth.org · Los Angeles | not published | — | $3–$9 | F |
| Ucla West Valley Medical Center uclahealth.org · West Hills | not published | — | $3–$8 | F |
| Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital uclahealth.org · Santa Monica | not published | — | $3–$9 | F |
| Lac/harbor-ucla Med Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Torrance | not published | $60 | $3–$60 | F |
| Lac/olive View-ucla Medical Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Sylmar | not published | $60 | $3–$60 | F |
| Lac/rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Ctr dhs.lacounty.gov · Downey | not published | $60 | $3–$60 | F |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Los Angeles | not published | $60 | $3–$60 | F |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code CPT 81001 —
Urinalysis with microscopy. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.