Lab tests CPT 80051 Outpatient

Electrolyte panel cost in Atlanta, GA

In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 36 hospitals list a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $38.00 to $297.00, with a median of $140.40. The lowest listed price is at Warm Springs Medical Center — $102.40 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $89.40 at 87 hospitals.

Cash prices at 36 facilities across 25 cities for code 80051, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 30, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.

Lowest$38.00Warm Springs Medical Center
Median$140.40half of hospitals charge less
Highest$297.00in this market
Difference7.8×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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.

median
Lowest $38.00Highest $297.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Warm Springs Medical Center lowest Warm Springs, GA · (706) 655-9351 ELECTROLYTE PANEL File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $38.00 $76.00 $29.00–$66.00 50%
Shepherd Center Northwest Atlanta, GA HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL source file $72.50 $145.00 $43.50–$130.50 50%
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA · (770) 836-9580 BLOOD TEST PANEL FOR ELECTROLYTES (SODIUM POTASSIUM; CHLORIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE) source file $76.40 $191.00 $7.01–$7.71 60%
Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica Villa Rica, GA · (770) 456-3101 BLOOD TEST PANEL FOR ELECTROLYTES (SODIUM POTASSIUM; CHLORIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE) source file $76.40 $191.00 $7.01–$8.41 60%
Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica Villa Rica, GA · (770) 456-3101 ELECTROLYTE PANEL source file $88.00 $220.00 $7.01–$8.41 60%
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA · (770) 836-9580 ELECTROLYTE PANEL source file $88.00 $220.00 $7.01–$7.71 60%
Higgins General Hospital Bremen, GA · (770) 812-2000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL source file $88.00 $220.00 — 60%
Willowbrooke at Tanner Villa Rica, GA · (770) 456-3101 ELECTROLYTE PANEL source file $88.00 $220.00 $7.01–$7.71 60%
Piedmont Newton Covington, GA · (770) 786-7053 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$253.30 70%
Piedmont Mountainside Jasper, GA · (706) 692-2441 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $6.31–$253.30 70%
Piedmont Henry Stockbridge, GA · (678) 604-1000 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$253.30 70%
Piedmont Rockdale Conyers, GA · (770) 918-3000 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$223.50 70%
Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta, GA · (404) 605-5000 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$253.30 70%
Piedmont Cartersville Cartersville, GA · (470) 490-1000 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$268.20 70%
Piedmont Fayette Fayetteville, GA · (770) 719-7000 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$253.30 70%
Piedmont Eastside Snellville, GA · (770) 979-0200 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$268.20 70%
Piedmont Walton Monroe, GA · (770) 267-8461 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $6.31–$268.20 70%
Piedmont Newnan Newnan, GA · (770) 400-2300 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $89.40 $298.00 $0.01–$277.14 70%
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell, GA · (770) 732-4000 Hc Cv- Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital one side Roswell, GA · (770) 751-2500 Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell, GA · (770) 751-2500 Hc Cv- Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp Warm Springs, GA Hc Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp one side Warm Springs, GA Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram, GA · (470) 644-7000 Hc Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Paulding Hospital one side Hiram, GA · (470) 644-7000 Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin, GA · (770) 228-2721 Hc Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital one side Griffin, GA · (770) 228-2721 Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta, GA Hc Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital one side Marietta, GA Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville, GA · (770) 949-1500 Hc Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Douglas Hospital one side Douglasville, GA · (770) 949-1500 Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Cobb Hospital one side Austell, GA · (770) 732-4000 Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA · (770) 793-5000 Hc Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital one side Marietta, GA · (770) 793-5000 Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson, GA · (770) 775-7861 Hc Electrolyte Panel+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital one side Jackson, GA · (770) 775-7861 Hc Rt- Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $140.40 $360.00 — 61%
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA · (404) 686-2450 Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia, GA · (404) 501-8040 Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta Atlanta, GA · (678) 843-7001 Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA · (404) 686-8500 Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur, GA · (404) 501-1000 Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
DeKalb Medical at Decatur Decatur, GA Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta, GA Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek, GA · (678) 474-7000 Hc Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $143.00 $143.00 — —
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Meridian Mark Atlanta, GA Blood Test Panel for Electrolytes (Sodium Potassium, Chloride, Carbon Dioxide)+1 more line at this price source file $297.00 $297.00 — —
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Arthur M. Blank Atlanta, GA Blood Test Panel for Electrolytes (Sodium Potassium, Chloride, Carbon Dioxide)+1 more line at this price source file $297.00 $297.00 — —
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Atlanta, GA · (404) 785-5252 Blood Test Panel for Electrolytes (Sodium Potassium, Chloride, Carbon Dioxide)+1 more line at this price source file $297.00 $297.00 — —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $38.00, median $140.40, highest $297.00 — a 7.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 29 facilities here, median $140.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 12 of 15 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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

An electrolyte panel measures sodium, potassium, chloride and bicarbonate (CO2) in one blood sample. It checks fluid and acid balance in people with vomiting, diarrhea, kidney problems or on diuretics.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80051 ($79.15). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

HospitalCash priceFile
Southern Regional Medical Center Southwest Riverdale, GAHc Electrolyte Panel $7.00 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.