Lab tests CPT 80053 Outpatient

Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) in Winston-Salem, NC

In Winston-Salem, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test): from $117.00 to $227.50, with a median of $215.50. The lowest listed price is at Lexington Medical Center — $98.50 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $215.50 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 80053, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$117.00Lexington Medical Center
Median$215.50half pay less
Highest$227.50in this market
Difference1.9×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 Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $117.00Highest $227.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Lexington Medical Center lowest Lexington, NC HC METABOLIC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE BUNDLED CHARGE $117.00 $234.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC HC METABOLIC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE BUNDLED CHARGE $215.50 $431.00 50% Oct 21, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC HC METABOLIC PANEL COMPREHENSIVE BUNDLED CHARGE $227.50 $455.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $117.00, median $215.50, highest $227.50 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $215.50. 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.