Electrolyte panel cost in Roanoke, VA
In Roanoke, VA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $95.90 to $434.00, with a median of $95.90. The lowest listed price is at Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital and 3 other hospitals. Across Virginia, the median is $95.90 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 cities for code 80051, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 15, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Roanoke, VA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital lowest Roanoke, VA HB ELECTROLYTES File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $95.90 | $274.00 | $7.36–$260.30 | 65% |
| Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital lowest Rocky Mt, VA · (540) 483-5277 HB ELECTROLYTES File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $95.90 | $274.00 | $7.36–$260.30 | 65% |
| Carilion Giles Community Hospital lowest Roanoke, VA · (540) 981-7000 HB ELECTROLYTES File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $95.90 | $274.00 | $7.36–$260.30 | 65% |
| Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital lowest Roanoke, VA · (540) 981-7000 HB ELECTROLYTES File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file | $95.90 | $274.00 | $7.36–$260.30 | 65% |
| Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital Franklin, VA · (757) 569-6100 HC Electrolyte Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $111.00 | $370.00 | — | 70% |
| Lewisgale Medical Center Roanoke, VA · (540) 776-4100 ELECTROLYTE PANEL+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $434.00 | $434.00 | $7.01–$390.60 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $95.90, median $95.90, highest $434.00 — a 4.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $111.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 5 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.