Sodium test cost in Panama City, FL
In Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for sodium blood test: from $20.36 to $165.00, with a median of $24.80. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay — $4.44 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $67.20 at 175 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 84295, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 19, 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay lowest Panama City, FL · (850) 769-1511 C-GLUCOSE BLOOD | $20.36 | $50.90 | $4.81–$17.84 | 60% | — source file |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay lowest Panama City, FL · (850) 769-1511 C-SODIUM SERUM | $20.36 | $50.90 | $4.81–$17.84 | 60% | — source file |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Panama City, FL · (850) 769-1511 SODIUM ISTAT | $22.08 | $55.20 | $4.81–$17.84 | 60% | — source file |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Panama City, FL · (850) 769-1511 SODIUM-SERUM | $23.92 | $59.80 | $4.81–$17.84 | 60% | — source file |
| Northwest Florida Community Hospital Chipley, FL · (850) 638-1610 SODIUM | $24.80 | $31.00 | $4.81–$22.63 | 20% | May 19, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital Panama City, FL · (850) 747-7926 Sodium; serum, plasma or whole blood | $165.00 | $165.00 | $4.81 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital Panama City, FL · (850) 747-7926 Sodium; serum, plasma or whole blood UNSCHEDULED | $165.00 | $165.00 | $42.94–$45.20 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital Panama City, FL · (850) 747-7926 SODIUM BLD | $165.00 | $165.00 | $25.41–$148.50 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $20.36, median $24.80, highest $165.00 — a 8.1× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 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 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.