Lab tests CPT 80051 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Electrolyte panel cost in New York, NY — inpatient

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 31 hospitals list a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2) as an inpatient: from $8.06 to $388.00, with a median of $32.00. The lowest listed price is at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center and 5 other hospitals — $23.94 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $36.66 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 31 facilities across 21 cities for code 80051, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Jul 28, 2026.

Lowest$8.06Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center + 5 more
Median$32.00half pay less
Highest$388.00in this market
Difference48.1×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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

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Lowest $8.06Highest $388.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center lowest Montclair, NJ · (973) 429-6000 Blood test panel for electrolytes (sodium potassium, chloride, carbon dioxide) $8.06 $132.30 $7.01–$132.30 94% —
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Chilton Medical Center lowest Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 Electrolyte Panel $8.06 $181.00 — 96% —
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Newton Medical Center lowest Newton, NJ · (973) 383-2121 Electrolyte Panel $8.06 $215.00 — 96% —
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Morristown Medical Center lowest Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Electrolyte Panel $8.06 $160.00 — 95% —
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CentraState Medical Center lowest Freehold Township, NJ · (732) 294-7012 Electrolyte Panel $8.06 $69.00 — 88% —
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Overlook Medical Center lowest Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Electrolyte Panel $8.06 $159.00 — 95% —
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NYU Langone – Orthopedic Hospital New York, NY HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL $8.41 $61.50 $6.10–$25,798.00 86% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL $8.41 $128.50 $6.10–$25,798.00 93% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL $8.41 $106.05 $6.10–$25,798.00 92% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL $8.41 $61.50 $6.10–$25,798.00 86% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone – Tisch Hospital New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL $8.41 $61.50 $6.10–$25,798.00 86% Jan 1, 2026
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BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $15.42 $15.42 — — —
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BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 STAT-2-LYTES $15.42 $15.42 — — —
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Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 STAT-2-LYTES $15.42 $15.42 — — —
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Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $15.42 $15.42 — — —
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Chem Se Arterial Na K Cl $16.10 $23.00 — 30% Oct 28, 2025
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Chem Se Electrolytes $16.10 $23.00 — 30% Oct 28, 2025
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Profile 22818(Electrolyt Feces $16.10 $23.00 — 30% Oct 28, 2025
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Chem Venous Wb Nakcl $16.10 $23.00 — 30% Oct 28, 2025
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Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Electrolyte Panel 80051 $23.80 $238.00 $18.61–$190.40 90% Feb 2, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $32.00 $32.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 ELECTROLYTES PANEL $32.00 $32.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $39.60 $66.00 $5.61–$56.10 40% —
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Hunterdon Medical Center Flemington, NJ · (908) 788-6100 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $43.82 $140.00 $112.00–$119.00 69% —
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HMH Carrier Behavioral Health Belle Mead, NJ ELECTROLYTE PANEL QST $47.60 $119.00 — 60% —
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HMH Carrier Behavioral Health Belle Mead, NJ ELECTROLYTE PANEL QST $47.60 $119.00 — 60% —
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Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Electrolytes Panel $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Electrolytes Panel $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Electrolytes Panel POCT $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Electrolytes Panel $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Electrolytes Panel POCT $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Electrolytes Panel POCT $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Electrolytes Panel $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Electrolytes Panel POCT $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Electrolytes Panel $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Electrolytes Panel POCT $81.00 $90.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, NY · (914) 493-7000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $84.00 $84.00 $25.20–$84.00 — Jul 28, 2026
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Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw, NY · (845) 786-4000 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $97.00 $97.00 $6.04–$10.52 — —
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Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern, NY · (914) 368-5000 80051- Electrolyte panel $112.00 $112.00 $33.60–$78.40 — Jun 29, 2026
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Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern, NY · (914) 368-5000 Electrolyte Panel $112.00 $112.00 $33.60–$78.40 — Jun 29, 2026
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New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (718) 692-5302 PANEL2-ELECTROLYTE (4TEST) $134.11 $134.11 — — Apr 1, 2026
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New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 ELECTROLYTES PANEL $310.50 $345.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 ISTAT - ELECTROLYTE PANEL $310.50 $345.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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University Hospital of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (718) 270-1000 80051 - ELECTROLYTE PANEL $349.00 $349.00 $17.00–$162.00 — —
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Saint Peters University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 745-8600 ELECTROLYTE PANEL $388.00 $393.00 $5.00–$393.00 1% —
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Inpatient: lowest $8.06, median $32.00, highest $388.00 — a 48.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 49 facilities here, median $32.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 10 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.

8 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80051 ($80.10). 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.

Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Brooklyn, NYELECTROLYTE PANEL $6.10 file
Interfaith Medical Center Brooklyn, NYELECTROLYTE PANEL $6.10 file
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Brooklyn, NYELECTROLYTE PANEL $6.10 file
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJWHOLE BLOOD ELECTROLYTE PANEL $7.01 file
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJELECTROLYTE PANEL QST $7.01 file
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJANION GAP PANEL QST $7.01 file
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJELECTROLYTE PANEL $7.01 file
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJELECROLYTE PANEL CO2 CL K NA $7.01 file