Lab tests CPT 80051 Outpatient

Electrolyte panel cost in Lexington, NE

In Lexington, NE, 3 hospitals list a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $60.00 to $171.00, with a median of $105.12. The lowest listed price is at Cozad Community Hospital — $45.12 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $104.16 at 45 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 80051, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 28, 2025 and Dec 28, 2025.

Lowest$60.00Cozad Community Hospital

Median$105.12half of hospitals charge less

Highest$171.00in this market

Difference2.8×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 Lexington, NE.

median

Lowest $60.00Highest $171.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Cozad Community Hospital lowest Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 **Clinic Electrolyte Panel source file	$60.00	$67.00	$38.00–$67.00	10%
Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Electrolyte Panel source file	$89.00	$99.00	$55.00–$99.00	10%
Lexington Regional Health Center Lexington, NE · (308) 324-5651 Electrolyte Panel File of Dec 28, 2025 · source file	$105.12	$109.50	$54.75–$109.50	4%
Gothenburg Health Gothenburg, NE · (308) 537-3661 Electrolytes 3 source file	$171.00	$190.00	$117.00–$182.00	10%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $60.00, median $105.12, highest $171.00 — a 2.8× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 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 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.