Lab tests CPT 80051 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Electrolyte panel cost in Nevada, MO — inpatient

In Nevada, MO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2) as an inpatient: from $16.20 to $16.20, with a median of $16.20. Across Missouri, the median is $79.95 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 80051, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 14, 2025 and Jan 14, 2025.

Lowest$16.20Nevada City Hospital

Median$16.20half of hospitals charge less

Highest$16.20in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 ELECTROLYTES File of Jan 14, 2025 · source file	$16.20	$36.00	—	55%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $16.20, median $16.20, highest $16.20.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $16.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 ($74.10). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MOVET LYTES	$3.15	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.