Lab tests CPT 80053 Outpatient

Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test): from $25.56 to $55.42, with a median of $48.06. The lowest listed price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 80053, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$25.56Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$48.06half pay less
Highest$55.42in this market
Difference2.2×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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median
Lowest $25.56Highest $55.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD HC Comprehensive Metabolic Pan $25.56 $26.08 2%
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Mercy Medical Center, Inc. Baltimore, MD HC METABOLIC PANEL,COMPREHENSIVE $48.06 $49.04 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $55.42 $56.55 2%
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Outpatient: lowest $25.56, median $48.06, highest $55.42 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $48.06. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) is a blood test of 14 measurements: the eight in a basic panel plus albumin, total protein, alkaline phosphatase, ALT, AST and bilirubin. It checks blood sugar, electrolytes, kidney function and liver function in one test.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running all 14 tests. The blood draw is often billed separately.