Lab tests CPT 82465 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Total cholesterol test cost in Tupelo, MS — inpatient

In Tupelo, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for total cholesterol blood test as an inpatient: from $38.88 to $38.88, with a median of $38.88. Across Mississippi, the median is $27.20 at 53 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82465, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 25, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026.

Lowest$38.88Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville

Median$38.88half of hospitals charge less

Highest$38.88in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville Booneville, MS · (662) 720-5000 CHOLESTEROL File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file	$38.88	$162.00	$61.56–$145.80	76%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $38.88, median $38.88, highest $38.88.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $29.33 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82465 ($37.20). 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
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville Booneville, MSCHOLESTEROL BODY FLUID	$2.64	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.