SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Cholesterol and triglycerides (lipid panel) blood test in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 cities for code 80061, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Boston Medical Center South BROCKTON, MA
HC Chg Lipid Panel
$22.46 $49.90 55%
file
Boston Medical Center Brighton BOSTON, MA
HC Chg Lipid Panel
$25.54 $56.76 55%
file
Lowell General Hospital LOWELL, MA
HC Lipid Panel - Bundled Charge
$35.00 $50.00 30%
file
MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE MELROSE, MA
HC Lipid Panel - Bundled Charge
$35.00 $50.00 30%
file
Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Lipid Panel - Bundled Charge
$35.00 $50.00 30%
file
Boston Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Chg Lipid Panel
$42.75 $95.00 55%
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC Lipid Panel So
$86.00 $86.00
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC Lipid Panel
$86.00 $86.00
file
Shriners Childrens - Boston BOSTON, MA
LIPID PANEL
$129.80 $129.80
file

Outpatient: lowest $22.46, median $35.00, highest $129.80 — a 5.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $35.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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