Lab tests CPT 80051 Outpatient

Electrolyte panel cost in Clearlake, CA

In Clearlake, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $175.00 to $175.00, with a median of $175.00. Across California, the median is $87.25 at 197 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$175.00Sutter Lakeside Hospital
Median$175.00half pay less
Highest$175.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Clearlake, CA.

median
Lowest $175.00Highest $176.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG ELECTROLYTE PANEL $175.00 $175.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Lakeside Hospital Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE ELECTROLYTE PNL $176.00 $176.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $175.00, median $175.00, highest $175.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $175.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.