Lab tests CPT 82465 Outpatient

Total cholesterol test cost in Oneonta, NY

In Oneonta, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for total cholesterol blood test: from $48.87 to $48.87, with a median of $48.87. The lowest listed price is at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across New York, the median is $20.21 at 109 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 82465, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$48.87Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital + 1 more

Median$48.87half of hospitals charge less

Highest$48.87in this market

Difference1.0×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 Oneonta, NY.

median

Lowest $48.87Highest $48.87

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital lowest Cooperstown, NY · (607) 547-3456 HC Cholesterol, Serum, Total source file	$48.87	$181.01	$103.88–$9.79	73%
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society lowest Oneonta, NY · (607) 432-2000 HC Cholesterol, Serum, Total source file	$48.87	$181.01	$103.88–$9.79	73%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $48.87, median $48.87, highest $48.87.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A total cholesterol test measures all the cholesterol in the blood. It is part of a lipid panel, which also gives HDL, LDL and triglycerides.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82465 ($38.40). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown, NYHC Cholesterol, Serum, Total - Lmpp	$2.40	file
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society Oneonta, NYHC Cholesterol, Serum, Total - Lmpp	$2.40	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.