SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 5 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA HC LIPID PROFILE |
$64.25 | $257.00 | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE, CA LIPID PANEL |
$156.24 | $279.00 | 44% | — file |
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| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SANTA CLARA
SANTA CLARA, CA LIPID PANEL |
$156.24 | $279.00 | 44% | — file |
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| Stanford Health Care
STANFORD, CA HC Lipid Panel - Calculated Ld |
$264.80 | $662.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD
PALO ALTO, CA HC Lipid Panel - Calculated Ld |
$331.00 | $662.00 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 file |
Outpatient: lowest $64.25, median $156.24, highest $331.00 — a 5.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $156.24. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80061 ($76.05). 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.
| El Camino Hospital
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA HC NMR LIPOPROFILE LIPID PAN 1/2*3 |
$2.82 | file |