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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Baton Rouge, LA costs $14 to $152. Here's every hospital's price.

7 hospitals in the Baton Rouge, LA 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 Baton Rouge, LA metro area, 7 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $14 at Ochsner St Mary, the median is $106 and the highest is $152 at Womans Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 11 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Baton Rouge, LA median of $106 is 118% above the national median of $48 across 568 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

7 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $7 to $143. 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 2026 and July 2026. 7 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.

$14
lowest cash price in Baton Rouge, LA
Ochsner St Mary · 56 mi
$92 below the median
$106
median cash price
7 hospitals
11×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
7/14
hospitals with a cash price
7 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Ochsner St Mary

Morgan City · 56 mi · File Apr 2026

$14
list $68 · lowest of 4 lines
2
Lane Regional Medical Center

Zachary · 9 mi · Older file date unknown

$56
list $159
3
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana

Baton Rouge · 12 mi · File Jul 2026

$72
list $96 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$106
list $141
5
Baton Rouge General Medical Center

Baton Rouge · 8 mi · File Mar 2026

$122
list $175
6
The General

Baton Rouge · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$122
list $175
7
Womans Hospital

Baton Rouge · 10 mi · File Apr 2026

$152
list $152 · 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 Baton Rouge, LA 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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