Lab tests CPT 80051 Outpatient

Electrolyte panel cost in Manchester, NH

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $37.80 to $52.54, with a median of $41.71. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $3.91 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $52.54 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$37.80Monadnock Community Hospital

Median$41.71half of hospitals charge less

Highest$52.54in this market

Difference1.4×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median

Lowest $37.80Highest $52.54

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 ELECTROLYTES PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$37.80	$63.00	—	40%
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL source file	$39.39	$101.00	—	61%
Southern NH Medical Center Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$44.03	$119.00	—	63%
Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$52.54	$142.00	—	63%

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 $37.80, median $41.71, highest $52.54 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $41.71. 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.