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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

General health blood panel

CPT 80050the billing code this page is about

A combined set of blood tests including a broad chemistry panel, a complete blood count, and a thyroid test, billed as one general health screening panel.

Hospitals typically charge $228 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,003 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $232. Most fall between $95 and $419 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,003
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 2,003 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
$60$119$228$358$595

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($60 vs $595).

How the prices are spread

$48 – $64: 123 hospitals$48$64 – $85: 136 hospitals$85 – $113: 118 hospitals$85$113 – $150: 167 hospitals$150 – $199: 241 hospitals$150$199 – $265: 279 hospitals$265 – $352: 317 hospitals$265$352 – $468: 199 hospitals$468 – $621: 150 hospitals$468$621 – $826: 74 hospitals$621median $228price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,804 of 2,003 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$48$64123
$64$85136
$85$113118
$113$150167
$150$199241
$199$265279
$265$352317
$352$468199
$468$621150
$621$82674

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $228.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $371 across 15 hospitalsME$371Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $211 across 13 hospitalsNH$211Washington: median $202 across 47 hospitalsWA$202Idaho: median $162 across 20 hospitalsID$162Montana: median $276 across 20 hospitalsMT$276North Dakota: median $240 across 28 hospitalsND$240Minnesota: median $220 across 82 hospitalsMN$220Illinois: median $352 across 95 hospitalsIL$352Wisconsin: median $265 across 85 hospitalsWI$265Michigan: median $180 across 27 hospitalsMI$180New York: median $157 across 78 hospitalsNY$157Massachusetts: median $185 across 39 hospitalsMA$185Oregon: median $187 across 24 hospitalsOR$187Nevada: median $173 across 14 hospitalsNV$173Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $271 across 26 hospitalsSD$271Iowa: median $138 across 62 hospitalsIA$138Indiana: median $203 across 81 hospitalsIN$203Ohio: median $206 across 76 hospitalsOH$206Pennsylvania: median $191 across 59 hospitalsPA$191New Jersey: median $229 across 20 hospitalsNJ$229Connecticut: median $228 across 21 hospitalsCT$228Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $278 across 87 hospitalsCA$278Utah: median $191 across 36 hospitalsUT$191Colorado: median $267 across 49 hospitalsCO$267Nebraska: median $293 across 65 hospitalsNE$293Missouri: median $241 across 51 hospitalsMO$241Kentucky: median $283 across 43 hospitalsKY$283West Virginia: median $188 across 32 hospitalsWV$188Virginia: median $116 across 21 hospitalsVA$116Maryland: median $119 across 16 hospitalsMD$119Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $620 across 20 hospitalsAZ$620New Mexico: median $304 across 24 hospitalsNM$304Kansas: median $149 across 37 hospitalsKS$149Arkansas: median $73 across 19 hospitalsAR$73Tennessee: median $140 across 40 hospitalsTN$140North Carolina: median $174 across 47 hospitalsNC$174South Carolina: median $159 across 38 hospitalsSC$159Oklahoma: median $161 across 55 hospitalsOK$161Louisiana: median $163 across 28 hospitalsLA$163Mississippi: median $138 across 42 hospitalsMS$138Alabama: median $100 across 24 hospitalsAL$100Georgia: median $237 across 67 hospitalsGA$237Hawaii: median $208 across 13 hospitalsHI$208Texas: median $442 across 125 hospitalsTX$442Florida: median $198 across 65 hospitalsFL$198
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $228. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ20$620+172%$155 – $620
Texas TX125$442+94%$245 – $1,047
Maine ME15$371+62%$136 – $401
Illinois IL95$352+54%$168 – $620
New Mexico NM24$304+33%$176 – $442
Nebraska NE65$293+28%$112 – $455
Kentucky KY43$283+24%$125 – $373
California CA87$278+22%$252 – $595
Montana MT20$276+21%$101 – $392
South Dakota SD26$271+19%$192 – $691
Colorado CO49$267+17%$148 – $478
Wisconsin WI85$265+16%$158 – $379
Missouri MO51$241+5%$115 – $340
North Dakota ND28$240+5%$206 – $303
Georgia GA67$237+4%$100 – $382
New Jersey NJ20$2290%$124 – $447
Connecticut CT21$2280%$85 – $610
Minnesota MN82$220−4%$78 – $334
New Hampshire NH13$211−8%$90 – $296
Hawaii HI13$208−9%$64 – $253
Ohio OH76$206−10%$120 – $319
Indiana IN81$203−11%$51 – $424
Washington WA47$202−11%$75 – $321
Florida FL65$198−13%$80 – $1,165
Pennsylvania PA59$191−16%$77 – $318
Utah UT36$191−16%$162 – $423
West Virginia WV32$188−18%$156 – $300
Oregon OR24$187−18%$112 – $253
Massachusetts MA39$185−19%$121 – $269
Michigan MI27$180−21%$73 – $300
North Carolina NC47$174−24%$119 – $509
Nevada NV14$173−24%$86 – $506
Louisiana LA28$163−29%$93 – $301
Idaho ID20$162−29%$110 – $218
Oklahoma OK55$161−29%$48 – $314
South Carolina SC38$159−31%$104 – $246
New York NY78$157−31%$48 – $419
Kansas KS37$149−35%$89 – $275
Tennessee TN40$140−39%$49 – $198
Iowa IA62$138−40%$69 – $285
Mississippi MS42$138−40%$36 – $324
Maryland MD16$119−48%$98 – $151
Virginia VA21$116−49%$49 – $329
Alabama AL24$100−56%$60 – $239
Arkansas AR19$73−68%$54 – $226
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not 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 $228.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,349$211$82 – $431
Children’s38$283$148 – $451
Critical access608$253$136 – $392
Ownership
For-profit230$296$93 – $728
Government365$232$109 – $382
Non-profit1,400$220$90 – $382
System affiliation
Part of a system1,663$231$92 – $423
Independent340$207$108 – $411

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$377
Median cash price$228
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

1,394 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $241 and the average of the middle 60% is $245; most fall between $104 and $434.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,394 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
$67$131$241$379$611

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($67 vs $611).

Of the 1,529 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,394 gave a usable cash price; 53 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 82 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,003 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (51%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,206 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,003
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here72
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded129
Hospitals that filed this code2,206

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 July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC General Health Panel.

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, “General health blood panel (CPT 80050) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80050-general-health-blood-panel