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Procedure price report · Nonoperative urinary system measurements

Unlisted urine test procedure

CPT 81099the billing code this page is about

Used for a urinalysis procedure that has no specific billing code of its own; the laboratory report states what was actually done.

Hospitals typically charge $30 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 299 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $37. Most fall between $16 and $86 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
299
States
41
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 299 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
$8$17$30$71$200

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($8 vs $200).

How the prices are spread

$8 – $12: 37 hospitals$8$12 – $18: 49 hospitals$18 – $28: 37 hospitals$18$28 – $43: 45 hospitals$43 – $66: 41 hospitals$43$66 – $102: 32 hospitals$102 – $158: 16 hospitals$102$158 – $245: 5 hospitals$245 – $378: 8 hospitals$245$378 – $585: 6 hospitals$378median $30price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (276 of 299 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$8$1237
$12$1849
$18$2837
$28$4345
$43$6641
$66$10232
$102$15816
$158$2455
$245$3788
$378$5856

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $30.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $46 across 15 hospitalsMN$46Illinois: median $67 across 17 hospitalsIL$67Wisconsin: median $8 across 20 hospitalsWI$8Michigan: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $26 across 16 hospitalsIA$26Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $986 across 15 hospitalsPA$986New Jersey: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNJConnecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $17 across 23 hospitalsCA$17Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $72 across 18 hospitalsWV$72Virginia: median $8 across 14 hospitalsVA$8Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $50 across 11 hospitalsKS$50Arkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $27 across 10 hospitalsNC$27South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $30 across 10 hospitalsGA$30Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $30. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA15$986+3187%$65 – $1,076
West Virginia WV18$72+140%$26 – $86
Illinois IL17$67+122%$27 – $114
Kansas KS11$50+67%$15 – $693
Minnesota MN15$46+55%$29 – $52
Georgia GA10$30−1%$30 – $30
North Carolina NC10$27−9%$8 – $30
Iowa IA16$26−14%$26 – $34
California CA23$17−44%$17 – $17
Wisconsin WI20$8−72%$8 – $87
Virginia VA14$8−75%$8 – $26
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $30.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care212$27$13 – $80
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access84$38$17 – $87
Ownership
For-profit17fewer than 20 hospitals
Government44$29$13 – $52
Non-profit238$32$17 – $95
System affiliation
Part of a system255$31$17 – $82
Independent44$27$13 – $87

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$50
Median cash price$30
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

205 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $26 and the average of the middle 60% is $31; most fall between $12 and $74.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 205 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
$8$17$26$57$298

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 35× what the cheapest tenth charges ($8 vs $298).

Of the 229 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 205 gave a usable cash price; 1 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

299 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 348 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted299
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here5
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded44
Hospitals that filed this code348

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 UNLISTED URINALYSIS PX.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Unlisted urine test procedure (CPT 81099) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81099-unlisted-urine-test-procedure