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Procedure price report · Nonoperative urinary system measurements

Limited chemical urine test

CPT 81005the billing code this page is about

A simple yes/no or approximate measurement of one or more substances in urine, not done by immunoassay and not part of a full urinalysis panel.

Hospitals typically charge $21 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,369 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $23. Most fall between $6 and $50 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,369
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,369 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$3$8$21$44$86

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3 vs $86).

How the prices are spread

$2 – $3: 67 hospitals$2$3 – $5: 109 hospitals$5 – $8: 86 hospitals$5$8 – $11: 133 hospitals$11 – $17: 136 hospitals$11$17 – $26: 179 hospitals$26 – $40: 219 hospitals$26$40 – $60: 160 hospitals$60 – $91: 95 hospitals$60$91 – $138: 51 hospitals$91median $21price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,235 of 1,369 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2$367
$3$5109
$5$886
$8$11133
$11$17136
$17$26179
$26$40219
$40$60160
$60$9195
$91$13851

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $21.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $10 across 27 hospitalsWA$10Idaho: median $17 across 14 hospitalsID$17Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $16 across 13 hospitalsND$16Minnesota: median $25 across 41 hospitalsMN$25Illinois: median $31 across 67 hospitalsIL$31Wisconsin: median $7 across 14 hospitalsWI$7Michigan: median $12 across 46 hospitalsMI$12New York: median $7 across 65 hospitalsNY$7Massachusetts: median $17 across 30 hospitalsMA$17Oregon: median $12 across 12 hospitalsOR$12Nevada: median $28 across 10 hospitalsNV$28Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $26 across 22 hospitalsIA$26Indiana: median $11 across 51 hospitalsIN$11Ohio: median $10 across 38 hospitalsOH$10Pennsylvania: median $8 across 64 hospitalsPA$8New Jersey: median $3 across 47 hospitalsNJ$3Connecticut: median $7 across 10 hospitalsCT$7Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $31 across 89 hospitalsCA$31Utah: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $44 across 28 hospitalsCO$44Nebraska: median $26 across 15 hospitalsNE$26Missouri: median $17 across 22 hospitalsMO$17Kentucky: median $14 across 27 hospitalsKY$14West Virginia: median $18 across 13 hospitalsWV$18Virginia: median $28 across 30 hospitalsVA$28Maryland: median $24 across 17 hospitalsMD$24Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $42 across 27 hospitalsAZ$42New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $18 across 18 hospitalsKS$18Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $6 across 37 hospitalsTN$6North Carolina: median $18 across 35 hospitalsNC$18South Carolina: median $46 across 25 hospitalsSC$46Oklahoma: median $6 across 25 hospitalsOK$6Louisiana: median $13 across 33 hospitalsLA$13Mississippi: median $7 across 36 hospitalsMS$7Alabama: median $13 across 18 hospitalsAL$13Georgia: median $47 across 55 hospitalsGA$47Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $38 across 116 hospitalsTX$38Florida: median $37 across 59 hospitalsFL$37
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $21. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA55$47+124%$20 – $59
South Carolina SC25$46+121%$11 – $52
Colorado CO28$44+108%$12 – $76
Arizona AZ27$42+98%$5 – $138
Texas TX116$38+79%$19 – $179
Florida FL59$37+75%$11 – $121
Illinois IL67$31+47%$15 – $78
California CA89$31+47%$12 – $66
Nevada NV10$28+34%$3 – $39
Virginia VA30$28+34%$4 – $31
Nebraska NE15$26+26%$4 – $29
Iowa IA22$26+23%$17 – $29
Minnesota MN41$25+22%$18 – $50
Maryland MD17$24+17%$15 – $29
North Carolina NC35$18−12%$4 – $31
Kansas KS18$18−13%$12 – $50
West Virginia WV13$18−16%$6 – $41
Missouri MO22$17−18%$12 – $61
Idaho ID14$17−19%$12 – $27
Massachusetts MA30$17−19%$9 – $37
North Dakota ND13$16−24%$13 – $26
Kentucky KY27$14−33%$7 – $35
Alabama AL18$13−39%$7 – $28
Louisiana LA33$13−39%$4 – $27
Michigan MI46$12−40%$7 – $48
Oregon OR12$12−41%$7 – $25
Indiana IN51$11−45%$5 – $28
Ohio OH38$10−51%$10 – $37
Washington WA27$10−54%$4 – $41
Pennsylvania PA64$8−60%$3 – $23
Mississippi MS36$7−66%$3 – $11
New York NY65$7−67%$3 – $26
Wisconsin WI14$7−68%$7 – $63
Connecticut CT10$7−68%$5 – $12
Oklahoma OK25$6−70%$4 – $12
Tennessee TN37$6−71%$4 – $39
New Jersey NJ47$3−88%$2 – $44
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $21.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,090$21$6 – $54
Children’s31$24$9 – $53
Critical access246$19$8 – $49
Ownership
For-profit232$37$8 – $148
Government176$19$7 – $52
Non-profit959$20$6 – $43
System affiliation
Part of a system1,159$21$6 – $51
Independent210$18$8 – $46

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$37
Median cash price$21
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

951 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $23 and the average of the middle 60% is $25; most fall between $8 and $50.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 951 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$4$10$23$44$73

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($4 vs $73).

Of the 1,058 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 951 gave a usable cash price; 61 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 46 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,369 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,491 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,369
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here76
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded45
Hospitals that filed this code1,491

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nonoperative urinary system measurements family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hc Urinalysis.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Limited chemical urine test (CPT 81005) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81005-limited-chemical-urine-test