Lab tests CPT 80053 Outpatient

Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test): from $49.00 to $246.50, with a median of $194.50. The lowest listed price is at Jefferson Medical Center.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$49.00Jefferson Medical Center
Median$194.50half pay less
Highest$246.50in this market
Difference5.0×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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

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Lowest $49.00Highest $246.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Jefferson Medical Center lowest Ranson, WV COMPREHEN METABOLIC PANEL $49.00 $98.00 50%
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Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA HC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC $194.50 $389.00 50%
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Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA HC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC $194.50 $389.00 50%
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Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA HC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC $194.50 $389.00 50%
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Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA HC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC $194.50 $389.00 50%
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Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA HC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC $194.50 $389.00 50%
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Potomac Hospital Corporation of Prince William Woodbridge, VA Chgl Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $246.50 $493.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $49.00, median $194.50, highest $246.50 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $194.50. 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.