Electrolyte panel cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $27.65 to $73.20, with a median of $35.58. The lowest listed price is at Butler Hospital and 2 other hospitals — $7.93 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $27.65 at 4 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 455-6270 HC Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge source file | $27.65 | $79.00 | $4.30–$68.73 | 65% |
| Kent County Memorial Hospital lowest Warwick, RI · (401) 737-7010 HC Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge source file | $27.65 | $79.00 | $3.22–$71.29 | 65% |
| Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island lowest Providence, RI · (401) 274-1100 HC Electrolyte Panel - Bundled Charge source file | $27.65 | $79.00 | $3.22–$72.68 | 65% |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital St. New Bedford, MA HC Electrolyte Panel source file | $43.50 | $87.00 | $7.01–$66.21 | 50% |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · (508) 679-3131 HC Electrolyte Panel source file | $43.50 | $87.00 | $7.01–$66.21 | 50% |
| South County Health Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Electrolyte panel This panel must include the following: Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295) source file | $73.20 | $122.00 | $4.00 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $27.65, median $35.58, highest $73.20 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 5 of 6 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80051 ($79.15). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Landmark Medical Center Woonsocket, RIHc Electrolyte Panel | $7.00 | file |