Lab tests CPT 80051 Outpatient

Electrolyte panel cost in Hobart, OK

In Hobart, OK, 1 hospital lists a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $40.80 to $40.80, with a median of $40.80. Across Oklahoma, the median is $60.60 at 57 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$40.80Elkview General Hospital

Median$40.80half of hospitals charge less

Highest$40.80in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Elkview General Hospital Hobart, OK · (580) 726-3324 ELECTROLYTES source file	$40.80	$68.00	$6.24–$61.20	40%

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 $40.80, median $40.80, highest $40.80.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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
Elkview General Hospital Hobart, OKELECTROLYTES SKILLED	$4.80	file
Elkview General Hospital Hobart, OKELECTROLYTES SODIUM & POTASSIUM	$7.80	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.