Comprehensive metabolic panel cost in Knoxville, TN — inpatient
In Knoxville, TN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) as an inpatient: from $173.27 to $252.45, with a median of $212.86. The lowest listed price is at Physicians Regional Medical Center — $39.59 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $97.64 at 79 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 80053, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 Knoxville, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians Regional Medical Center lowest Powell, TN · (865) 545-8000 COMP METAB PANEL | $173.27 | $765.01 | $148.41–$765.01 | 77% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette, TN · (423) 907-1200 COMP METAB PANEL | $252.45 | $765.01 | $133.11–$765.01 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $173.27, median $212.86, highest $252.45 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $77.22 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 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
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80053 ($126.60). 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.
| Parkwest Medical Center Louisville, TNCOMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | $0.79 | file |