Lab tests CPT 80051 Maryland Outpatient

Electrolyte panel cost in Maryland

In Maryland, 14 hospitals publish a cash price for electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2): from $12.60 to $168.43, with a median of $23.16. The lowest price is at UPMC Western Maryland (Cumberland). The highest price is 13.4× the lowest.

Why Maryland prices look low: Maryland is the only state where a commission (the HSCRC) sets hospital rates for every payer, so its hospitals publish prices far below the rest of the country. A separate physician fee may still apply.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 80051. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$12.60UPMC Western Maryland

Median$23.16half of hospitals charge less

Highest$168.43in Maryland

Lowest saves$10.56vs the median

Hospitals in Maryland, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
UPMC Western Maryland lowest Cumberland · Cumberland, MD-WV ELECTROLYTES	$12.60	$21.00	— source file
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Towson · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC Electrolytes Panel	$16.97	$17.32	— source file
MedStar St. Mary's Hospital Leonardtown · Lexington Park, MD ELECTROLYTES	$17.10	$17.45	Apr 1, 2026 source file
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ELECTROLYTES	$17.13	$17.48	Apr 1, 2026 source file
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center Olney · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ELECTROLYTES	$21.16	$21.59	Apr 1, 2026 source file
TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury · Salisbury, MD HC ELECTROLYTES (LYTE)	$21.96	$22.41	— source file
MedStar Southern Hospital Center Clinton · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ELECTROLYTES	$22.99	$23.46	Apr 1, 2026 source file
MedStar Harbor Hospital Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ELECTROLYTES	$23.32	$23.80	Apr 1, 2026 source file
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ELECTROLYTES	$23.49	$23.97	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Atlantic General Hospital Berlin · Ocean Pines, MD Electrolyte panel This panel must include the following: Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295)	$25.04	$25.04	— source file
Mercy Medical Center Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD HC ELECTROLYTE PANEL	$25.66	$26.18	— source file
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ELECTROLYTES	$26.01	$26.54	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ELECTROLYTE PANEL	$29.56	$30.16	— source file
Union Hospital of Cecil County Elkton · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ELECTROLYTE PANEL	$168.43	$168.43	Apr 1, 2026 source file

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

File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

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

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	7	$16.97	$23.49
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	2	$21.16	$22.08
Cumberland, MD-WV	1	$12.60	$12.60
Lexington Park, MD	1	$17.10	$17.10
Ocean Pines, MD	1	$25.04	$25.04
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	1	$168.43	$168.43
Salisbury, MD	1	$21.96	$21.96

Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.

Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.

Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.

Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What it is

An electrolyte panel measures sodium, potassium, chloride and bicarbonate (CO2) in one blood sample. It checks fluid and acid balance in people with vomiting, diarrhea, kidney problems or on diuretics.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

Electrolyte panel (sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.