Pittsburgh → Urine test with microscope
Urine test with microscope in Pittsburgh
Across 16 of 17 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $7 to $469 — 69.4× the price for the same billing code.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Valley Sewickley heritagevalley.org · Sewickley | $7 | $25 | $3–$11 | B |
| St Clair Hospital stclair.org · Pittsburgh | $7 | $28 | $2–$28 | C |
| Allegheny Valley Hospital ahn.org · Natrona | $20 | $26 | $2–$9 | C |
| Forbes Hospital ahn.org · Monroeville | $20 | $26 | $2–$33 | C |
| Ahn Wexford Hospital ahn.org · Wexford | $21 | $28 | $2–$10 | C |
| West Penn Hospital ahn.org · Pittsburgh | $21 | $29 | $2–$10 | C |
| Allegheny General Hospital ahn.org · Pittsburgh | $22 | $29 | $2–$11 | C |
| Jefferson Hospital ahn.org · Jefferson Hills | $23 | $28 | $2–$9 | C |
| Upmc Mercy upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $53 | $88 | $3–$79 | B |
| Upmc East upmc.com · Monroeville | $65 | $108 | $3–$86 | B |
| Upmc St Margaret upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $67 | $111 | $3–$94 | B |
| Upmc Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh chp.edu · Pittsburgh | $76 | $126 | $3–$113 | B |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh chp.edu · Pittsburgh | $76 | $126 | $3–$113 | B |
| Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health System upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $76–$81 varies | $127 | $3–$124 | B |
| Upmc Mckeesport Hospital upmc.com · Mc Keesport | $95 | $158 | $3–$134 | B |
| Upmc Passavant upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $131 | $219 | $3–$204 | B |
| Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $469 | $781 | $3–$664 | B |
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.