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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Electrolyte blood panel

CPT 80051the billing code this page is about

A group of blood tests measuring sodium, potassium, chloride, and carbon dioxide, run together as one panel.

Hospitals typically charge $63 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,322 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $69. Most fall between $28 and $132 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,322
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 3,322 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
$15$32$63$116$215

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($15 vs $215).

How the prices are spread

$10 – $14: 115 hospitals$10$14 – $20: 188 hospitals$20 – $29: 229 hospitals$20$29 – $42: 415 hospitals$42 – $60: 453 hospitals$42$60 – $86: 502 hospitals$86 – $124: 506 hospitals$86$124 – $178: 295 hospitals$178 – $256: 204 hospitals$178$256 – $367: 85 hospitals$256median $63price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,992 of 3,322 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$10$14115
$14$20188
$20$29229
$29$42415
$42$60453
$60$86502
$86$124506
$124$178295
$178$256204
$256$36785

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $63.

Alaska: median $108 across 19 hospitalsAK$108Maine: median $47 across 28 hospitalsME$47Vermont: median $65 across 14 hospitalsVT$65New Hampshire: median $47 across 25 hospitalsNH$47Washington: median $52 across 74 hospitalsWA$52Idaho: median $36 across 24 hospitalsID$36Montana: median $63 across 32 hospitalsMT$63North Dakota: median $56 across 33 hospitalsND$56Minnesota: median $64 across 106 hospitalsMN$64Illinois: median $91 across 138 hospitalsIL$91Wisconsin: median $80 across 105 hospitalsWI$80Michigan: median $32 across 101 hospitalsMI$32New York: median $31 across 117 hospitalsNY$31Massachusetts: median $55 across 49 hospitalsMA$55Oregon: median $36 across 49 hospitalsOR$36Nevada: median $101 across 21 hospitalsNV$101Wyoming: median $52 across 16 hospitalsWY$52South Dakota: median $115 across 29 hospitalsSD$115Iowa: median $69 across 88 hospitalsIA$69Indiana: median $36 across 92 hospitalsIN$36Ohio: median $45 across 143 hospitalsOH$45Pennsylvania: median $46 across 122 hospitalsPA$46New Jersey: median $8 across 54 hospitalsNJ$8Connecticut: median $44 across 22 hospitalsCT$44Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $84 across 165 hospitalsCA$84Utah: median $43 across 39 hospitalsUT$43Colorado: median $70 across 72 hospitalsCO$70Nebraska: median $105 across 74 hospitalsNE$105Missouri: median $70 across 77 hospitalsMO$70Kentucky: median $67 across 64 hospitalsKY$67West Virginia: median $38 across 44 hospitalsWV$38Virginia: median $93 across 72 hospitalsVA$93Maryland: median $22 across 41 hospitalsMD$22Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $101 across 42 hospitalsAZ$101New Mexico: median $79 across 28 hospitalsNM$79Kansas: median $53 across 90 hospitalsKS$53Arkansas: median $24 across 40 hospitalsAR$24Tennessee: median $41 across 80 hospitalsTN$41North Carolina: median $56 across 83 hospitalsNC$56South Carolina: median $68 across 51 hospitalsSC$68Oklahoma: median $52 across 70 hospitalsOK$52Louisiana: median $39 across 50 hospitalsLA$39Mississippi: median $53 across 54 hospitalsMS$53Alabama: median $60 across 44 hospitalsAL$60Georgia: median $62 across 108 hospitalsGA$62Hawaii: median $63 across 20 hospitalsHI$63Texas: median $160 across 246 hospitalsTX$160Florida: median $218 across 153 hospitalsFL$218
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $63. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL153$218+247%$28 – $1,036
Texas TX246$160+153%$70 – $448
South Dakota SD29$115+83%$82 – $184
Alaska AK19$108+71%$63 – $180
Nebraska NE74$105+67%$47 – $162
Nevada NV21$101+60%$38 – $161
Arizona AZ42$101+60%$20 – $310
Virginia VA72$93+48%$41 – $151
Illinois IL138$91+44%$50 – $158
California CA165$84+34%$36 – $210
Wisconsin WI105$80+27%$42 – $104
New Mexico NM28$79+26%$36 – $121
Colorado CO72$70+12%$45 – $148
Missouri MO77$70+10%$39 – $106
Iowa IA88$69+9%$46 – $102
South Carolina SC51$68+8%$47 – $114
Kentucky KY64$67+7%$35 – $115
Vermont VT14$65+2%$42 – $116
Minnesota MN106$64+2%$27 – $119
Hawaii HI20$630%$43 – $87
Montana MT32$630%$37 – $82
Georgia GA108$62−1%$26 – $122
Alabama AL44$60−5%$23 – $184
North Carolina NC83$56−11%$36 – $86
North Dakota ND33$56−11%$46 – $71
Massachusetts MA49$55−13%$25 – $104
Kansas KS90$53−16%$28 – $90
Mississippi MS54$53−16%$18 – $100
Oklahoma OK70$52−17%$28 – $91
Wyoming WY16$52−18%$38 – $98
Washington WA74$52−18%$31 – $84
Maine ME28$47−25%$33 – $144
New Hampshire NH25$47−26%$39 – $89
Pennsylvania PA122$46−28%$13 – $117
Ohio OH143$45−29%$30 – $98
Connecticut CT22$44−30%$24 – $115
Utah UT39$43−33%$36 – $91
Tennessee TN80$41−35%$17 – $127
Louisiana LA50$39−38%$16 – $83
West Virginia WV44$38−40%$32 – $79
Idaho ID24$36−43%$31 – $62
Indiana IN92$36−43%$15 – $120
Oregon OR49$36−44%$28 – $64
Michigan MI101$32−49%$22 – $71
New York NY117$31−51%$16 – $96
Arkansas AR40$24−63%$12 – $101
Maryland MD41$22−65%$17 – $26
New Jersey NJ54$8−87%$8 – $36
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not 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 $63.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,299$62$24 – $147
Children’s66$73$43 – $263
Critical access947$66$35 – $117
Ownership
For-profit467$120$37 – $636
Government624$65$31 – $122
Non-profit2,221$58$26 – $117
System affiliation
Part of a system2,686$65$28 – $139
Independent636$59$28 – $115

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$107
Median cash price$63
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

2,221 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $63 and the average of the middle 60% is $70; most fall between $31 and $132.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,221 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
$17$35$63$115$206

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($17 vs $206).

Of the 2,453 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,221 gave a usable cash price; 123 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,322 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (84%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,628 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,322
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here171
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded134
Hospitals that filed this code3,628

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 Electrolytes (Chem-4 Profile).

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, “Electrolyte blood panel (CPT 80051) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80051-electrolyte-blood-panel