Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) in Baltimore, MD costs $26 to $55. Here's every hospital's price.
8 hospitals in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area publish a cash price for comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) (CPT 80053). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area, 8 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) (CPT 80053). The lowest is $26 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, the median is $44 and the highest is $55 at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 2.2 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Baltimore, MD median of $44 is 54% below the national median of $95 across 565 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
5 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $26 to $50. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.
The files behind these prices are dated between November 2025 and July 2026. 15 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyBaltimore · 8 mi · File Jul 2026
Annapolis · 22 mi · File Jan 2026
Rosedale · 5 mi · File Apr 2026
Baltimore · 4 mi · File Apr 2026
Baltimore · 4 mi · File Apr 2026
Baltimore · 7 mi · File Nov 2025
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 80053. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
Cash vs. insured
Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 80053, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test)
CPT 80053 is a comprehensive metabolic panel: fourteen tests from one blood draw, covering everything in the basic panel plus liver enzymes, protein and albumin. It is the standard annual-physical blood test and the usual first test for fatigue, unexplained symptoms or medication monitoring.
What the price covers
The price is for the laboratory analysis only. The blood draw is a separate small charge, and any additional tests ordered on the same sample (cholesterol, thyroid, blood count) are separate codes with separate prices.
Why prices vary
The panel runs on an automated analyzer in minutes. Hospital list prices range from under $15 to several hundred dollars for the identical test, and hospital cash prices are often five to twenty times what an independent laboratory charges. For routine bloodwork, an outside lab is usually the cheapest option; the results are equivalent.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for 80053, and what is the draw fee?
- Can the order be sent to an independent laboratory?
- Which other tests were ordered with it, and what do they cost?
Hospitals in Baltimore, MD without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Carroll Hospital CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, TheNo website on record
- Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Kennedy Krieger Institutecode not in file
- Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Northwest Hospital CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Saint Agnes Hospitalcode not in file
- Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreWebsite blocks automated reading
- Umd Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic InstituteWebsite blocks automated reading
- Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- University of Maryland Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- University of MD Baltimore Washington Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- University of MD Medical Center Midtown CampusWebsite blocks automated reading
- University of MD St Joseph Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading