Lab tests CPT 82465 Outpatient

Total cholesterol test cost in Oshkosh, WI

In Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, 5 hospitals list a cash price for total cholesterol blood test: from $11.40 to $52.50, with a median of $17.75. The lowest listed price is at Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus — $6.35 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $46.19 at 94 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 82465, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 24, 2026.

Lowest$11.40Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus
Median$17.75half pay less
Highest$52.50in this market
Difference4.6×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 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI.

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Lowest $11.40Highest $52.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus lowest Oshkosh, WI HC ASSAY BLOOD/SERUM CHOLESTEROL $11.40 $20.00 $4.57–$14.53 43% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI CHOLESTEROL, SERUM $17.75 $31.70 — 44% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah, WI · (920) 729-3100 CHOLESTEROL, SERUM $17.75 $31.70 — 44% —
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Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Fox Valley Neenah, WI · (920) 969-7900 HBC FV CHOLESTEROL SERUM $18.98 $34.50 $24.15–$32.78 45% Mar 24, 2026
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Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Fox Valley Neenah, WI · (920) 969-7900 HBC FV CHOLESTEROL SERUM $18.98 $34.50 $24.15–$32.78 45% Mar 24, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI · (920) 456-6000 CHOLESTEROL $52.50 $105.00 $3.48–$89.25 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $11.40, median $17.75, highest $52.50 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $35.74. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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.