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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Austin, TX costs $24 to $255. Here's every hospital's price.

12 hospitals in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area publish a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, 12 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $24 at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor, the median is $145 and the highest is $255 at Ascension Seton Cedar Park. The most expensive hospital lists 11 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Austin, TX median of $145 is 199% above the national median of $48 across 568 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

14 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $8 to $319. 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 January 2026 and June 2026. 10 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.

$24
lowest cash price in Austin, TX
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor · 28 mi
$121 below the median
$145
median cash price
12 hospitals
11×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
12/24
hospitals with a cash price
10 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor

Taylor · 28 mi · File Jun 2026

$24
list $40 · lowest of 10 lines
2
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock

Round Rock · 22 mi · File Jun 2026

$24
list $40 · lowest of 70 lines
3
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Pflugerville

Pflugerville · 14 mi · File Jun 2026

$24
list $40 · lowest of 10 lines
4
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda

Buda · 16 mi · File Jun 2026

$24
list $40 · lowest of 70 lines
5
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin

Austin · 11 mi · File Jun 2026

$24
list $40 · lowest of 110 lines
6
Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis

Luling · 40 mi · File Jan 2026

$145
list $402 · lowest of 2 lines
7
Ascension Seton Hays

Kyle · 21 mi · File Jan 2026

$150
list $416 · lowest of 2 lines
8
Ascension Seton Smithville

Smithville · 35 mi · File Jan 2026

$156
list $433 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

Austin · 7 mi · File Jan 2026

$203
list $565 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Ascension Seton Southwest

Austin · 14 mi · File Jan 2026

$203
list $565 · lowest of 2 lines
11
Ascension Seton Northwest

Austin · 12 mi · File Jan 2026

$203
list $565 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Ascension Seton Cedar Park

Cedar Park · 22 mi · File Jan 2026

$255
list $709 · lowest of 2 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 80061. 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 80061, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About lipid panel (cholesterol test)

CPT 80061 is a lipid panel: total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides from one blood sample, usually after fasting. It is used to assess heart-disease risk and to monitor cholesterol treatment, and it is part of most annual physicals.

What the price covers

The laboratory analysis only. The blood draw is a separate small charge. If ordered at a routine preventive visit, insured patients usually pay nothing under preventive-care rules; the cash price is for everyone else.

Why prices vary

A lipid panel costs a laboratory a few dollars to run. Hospital list prices range from under $20 to several hundred, and the spread between hospitals in the same city is often twenty times or more. Independent labs and pharmacy-based testing are typically far cheaper than hospital laboratories.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 80061 plus the blood draw?
  • Do I need to fast?
  • Can this be run at an independent laboratory instead?

Hospitals in Austin, TX without a price for this procedure

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

Questions people ask