Lab tests CPT 80051 Outpatient

Electrolyte panel cost in Clarksville, TN

In Clarksville, TN-KY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $47.94 to $58.78, with a median of $53.36. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital — $5.42 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $47.44 at 86 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Feb 12, 2026.

Lowest$47.94Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital
Median$53.36half pay less
Highest$58.78in this market
Difference1.2×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 Clarksville, TN-KY.

median
Lowest $47.94Highest $58.78

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital lowest Clarksville, TN · (931) 502-1000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $47.94 $247.06 $2.94–$234.71 81% Jan 1, 2026
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Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hopkinsville, KY · (270) 887-0100 HC ELECTROLYTES NA K CL C02 $58.78 $189.59 $6.45–$180.58 69% Feb 12, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $47.94, median $53.36, highest $58.78 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $53.36. 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 2 of 2 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.