Lab tests CPT 84295 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sodium test cost in Kansas City, MO — inpatient

In Kansas City, MO-KS, 9 hospitals list a cash price for sodium blood test as an inpatient: from $8.66 to $84.28, with a median of $27.36. The lowest listed price is at Ascentist Hospital — $18.70 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $38.75 at 63 hospitals.

Cash prices at 9 facilities across 8 cities for code 84295, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Jul 9, 2026.

Lowest$8.66Ascentist Hospital
Median$27.36half of hospitals charge less
Highest$84.28in this market
Difference9.7×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 Kansas City, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $8.66Highest $84.28

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ascentist Hospital lowest Leawood, KS · (913) 529-1801 ASSAY OF SERUM SODIUM File of Apr 26, 2026 · source file $8.66 $30.00 $7.98–$10.34 71%
Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 SODIUM File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file $22.00 $80.00 $22.32–$65.28 73%
NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 SODIUM BLOOD+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $24.36 $84.00 $50.40–$68.71 71%
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 SODIUM BLOOD CMH+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $27.36 $57.00 $27.36–$51.30 52%
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 SODIUM WHOLE BLOOD CMH+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $27.36 $57.00 $27.36–$51.30 52%
Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 84295 SODIUM, SERUM File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file $44.80 $64.00 $8.32–$62.02 30%
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC SODIUM LEVEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $83.55 $83.55 — —
AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC SODIUM LEVEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $83.55 $83.55 — —
Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 SODIUM File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file $84.28 $120.40 $102.34 30%
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $8.66, median $27.36, highest $84.28 — a 9.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 19 facilities here, median $83.55 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 7 of 7 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 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 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.