Lab tests CPT 80053 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) in Fort Wayne, IN — inpatient

In Fort Wayne, IN, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) as an inpatient: from $17.10 to $298.65, with a median of $74.50. The lowest listed price is at Dupont Hospital LLC.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 3 cities for code 80053, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$17.10Dupont Hospital LLC
Median$74.50half pay less
Highest$298.65in this market
Difference17.5×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 Fort Wayne, IN.

median
Lowest $17.10Highest $298.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Dupont Hospital LLC lowest Fort Wayne, IN 80053 COMPREHEN METABOLIC PANEL $17.10 $38.00 55% Apr 1, 2026
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IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 80053 COMPREHEN METABOLIC PANEL $20.52 $57.00 64% Apr 1, 2026
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Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 80053 COMPREHEN METABOLIC PANEL $20.90 $38.00 45% Apr 1, 2026
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Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN HC COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $71.00 $142.00 50%
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Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN HC COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $74.50 $149.00 50%
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Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN HC COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $74.50 $149.00 50%
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IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $176.04 $489.00 64% Apr 1, 2026
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Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $189.27 $701.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $214.20 $476.00 55% Apr 1, 2026
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Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN CMP $298.65 $543.00 45% Apr 1, 2026
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Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN Complete Metabolic Panel (14) LC $298.65 $543.00 45% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $17.10, median $74.50, highest $298.65 — a 17.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $128.52 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80053 ($107.50). 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.

IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN80053PFW COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $4.68 file
Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN80053 COMPREHEN METABOLIC PANEL $10.26 file