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Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) in Houston, TX costs $4 to $573. Here's every hospital's price.

18 hospitals in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, 18 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) (CPT 80053). The lowest is $4 at University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, the median is $473 and the highest is $573 at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 143 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Houston, TX median of $473 is 397% above the national median of $95 across 565 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

18 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $4 to $1,351. 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 March 2023 and April 2026. 42 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.

$4
lowest cash price in Houston, TX
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston · 48 mi
$469 below the median
$473
median cash price
18 hospitals
143×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
18/60
hospitals with a cash price
42 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston

Galveston · 48 mi · Older file Mar 2023

$4
list $4 · lowest of 4 lines
2
Harris Health

Houston · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$11
list $668 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Legent North Houston Surgical Hospital

Bellaire · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$72
list $145 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Shriners Hospitals for Children

Galveston · 48 mi · File Mar 2026

$79
list $79
5
St Luke's Patients Medical Center

Pasadena · 16 mi · File Feb 2026

$287
list $819 · lowest of 8 lines
6
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center

Houston · 7 mi · File Feb 2026

$473
list $1,351 · lowest of 4 lines
7
St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital

The Woodlands · 29 mi · File Feb 2026

$473
list $1,351 · lowest of 4 lines
8
St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

Sugar Land · 22 mi · File Feb 2026

$473
list $1,351 · lowest of 4 lines
9
Chi St Lukes Lakeside Hospital

The Woodlands · 29 mi · File Feb 2026

$473
list $1,351 · lowest of 4 lines
10
St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

Houston · 19 mi · File Feb 2026

$473
list $1,351 · lowest of 4 lines
11
Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston · 7 mi · File Apr 2026

$573
list $1,145 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital

Baytown · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$573
list $1,145 · lowest of 2 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 80053. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

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.

3

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 Houston, TX without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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