Sodium test cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 8 hospitals list a cash price for sodium blood test: from $23.22 to $48.48, with a median of $39.50. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center – The Orthopedic Hospital — $16.28 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $36.57 at 85 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 3 cities for code 84295, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center – The Orthopedic Hospital lowest Fort Wayne, IN .BG Sodium DM CB Ven POC+11 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.22 | $86.00 | $4.24–$86.00 | 73% |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 Blood Gas Sodium DM Venous+11 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $35.70 | $119.00 | $4.24–$107.10 | 70% |
| St. Joseph Health System Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 425-3000 .BG Sodium DM CB Ven POC+11 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36.48 | $152.00 | $4.24–$152.00 | 76% |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 .ISTAT Sodium DM+11 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36.99 | $137.00 | $4.24–$123.30 | 73% |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC SODIUM - GEM POCT+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $42.00 | $84.00 | — | 50% |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN HC SODIUM - GEM POCT+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $44.00 | $88.00 | — | 50% |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC SODIUM BLOOD+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $44.00 | $88.00 | — | 50% |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 .ISTAT Sodium DM Cap POC+11 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $48.48 | $202.00 | $4.24–$181.80 | 76% |
Outpatient: lowest $23.22, median $39.50, highest $48.48 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $44.00. 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 5 of 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 sodium test measures the level of sodium in the blood. It is used for confusion, weakness, dehydration and for people on diuretics or with heart, kidney or liver disease.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.