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Specific Gravity, Urine

Tube Type = Urine Tube Yellow Top

Specimen Type

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Test ID LAB5186
EPIC Order SPECIFIC GRAVITY, URINE
CPT Code(s) 81002
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station
Core: 30 Routine: 888 STAT
Specimen Routine: 500 µL Urine Yellow tube (UA No additive/Preservative or Sterile Container)
Stability
Room temperature: 2 hrs
2-8°C Refrigerated: 8 hrs
Frozen: NO
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day
STAT: YES
Turnaround Time STAT 1 hour, Routine 2 hrs.
Reference Range Normal: 1.003-1.030

Reviewed by J. Carr on January 15, 2026

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514