Lab tests CPT 80053 Outpatient

Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) in St. Louis, MO-IL

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 11 hospitals list a cash price for Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test): from $23.40 to $336.96, with a median of $83.00. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 80053, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$23.40Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis
Median$83.00half pay less
Highest$336.96in this market
Difference14.4×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

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Lowest $23.40Highest $336.96

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis lowest Saint Louis, MO Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $23.40 $36.00 35%
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $23.40 $36.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $23.40 $36.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $23.40 $36.00 35%
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American Healthcare Systems Illinois LLC Granite City, IL COMP METAB PANEL $67.02 $111.70 40%
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Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO BLOOD TEST; COMPREHENSIVE GROUP OF BLOOD CHEMICALS $83.00 $83.00
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $176.80 $272.00 35%
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St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $266.40 $370.00 28%
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Hshs Holy Family Hospital Inc Greenville, IL HC COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $272.16 $378.00 28%
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St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL HC COMPREHENSIVE METABOL PANEL $296.64 $412.00 28%
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St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL COMPREHEN METABOLIC PANEL $336.96 $468.00 28%
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Outpatient: lowest $23.40, median $83.00, highest $336.96 — a 14.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $266.40. 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.

5 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.

St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, ILHC HEALTH FAIR COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $7.20 file
St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, ILHC HEALTH FAIR COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $7.20 file
Hshs Holy Family Hospital Inc Greenville, ILHC HEALTH FAIR COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL $7.20 file
Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital Maryland Heights, MOPiccolo Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $9.05 file
Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital Maryland Heights, MOComprehensive Metabolic Panel $9.05 file