Lab tests CPT 80050 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

General health panel cost in Louisville, KY — inpatient

In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for general health panel: metabolic panel, blood count and TSH in one order as an inpatient: from $81.20 to $427.80, with a median of $83.30. The lowest listed price is at Norton Hospitals INC — $2.10 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $300.65 at 14 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 80050, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Jun 3, 2026.

Lowest$81.20Norton Hospitals INC
Median$83.30half pay less
Highest$427.80in this market
Difference5.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.

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Lowest $81.20Highest $427.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Norton Hospitals INC lowest Louisville, KY HB GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $81.20 $406.00 $66.99–$374.33 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC lowest Louisville, KY HB GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $81.20 $406.00 $66.99–$374.33 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC lowest Louisville, KY HB GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $81.20 $406.00 $66.99–$374.33 80% Feb 13, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC lowest Louisville, KY HB GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $81.20 $406.00 $66.99–$345.10 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC lowest Louisville, KY HB GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $81.20 $406.00 $66.99–$374.33 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Hospitals INC lowest Louisville, KY HB GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $81.20 $406.00 $66.99–$374.33 80% Feb 11, 2026
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Norton Healthcare Indiana Inc Jeffersonville, IN HB GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $83.30 $595.00 $255.97–$520.63 86% Jun 3, 2026
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St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc. Salem, IN GENERAL HEALTH PANEL $427.80 $713.00 $14.55–$195.16 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $81.20, median $83.30, highest $427.80 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $300.65 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

The general health panel bundles three common blood tests into one order: a comprehensive metabolic panel, a complete blood count and a TSH thyroid test. It is often used for routine checkups. Medicare does not cover this code, but many hospitals list it in their price files.

What the price covers

The price usually covers all three tests in the panel. The blood draw is often billed separately.