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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN costs $25 to $46. Here's every hospital's price.

13 hospitals in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area, 13 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $25 at Bethesda North, the median is $35 and the highest is $46 at Good Samaritan Hospital.

The Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN median of $35 is 40% below the national median of $59 across 1616 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

7 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $5 to $86. 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 April 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.

$25
lowest cash price in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
Bethesda North · 14 mi
$10 below the median
$35
median cash price
13 hospitals
1.8×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
13/20
hospitals with a cash price
7 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Bethesda North

Cincinnati · 14 mi · File Apr 2026

$25
list $33
2
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital

Hamilton · 24 mi · File Apr 2026

$28
list $69 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital

Cincinnati · 6 mi · File Apr 2026

$35
list $59 · lowest of 36 lines
4
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health

Cincinnati · 10 mi · File Apr 2026

$35
list $59 · lowest of 33 lines
5
Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital

Fairfield · 16 mi · File Apr 2026

$35
list $59 · lowest of 28 lines
6
Mercy Health - West Hospital

Cincinnati · 10 mi · File Apr 2026

$35
list $59 · lowest of 3 lines
7
Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital

Batavia · 17 mi · File Apr 2026

$35
list $59 · lowest of 28 lines
8
Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital LLC

Mason · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$35
list $59 · lowest of 3 lines
9
St Elizabeth Edgewood

Edgewood · 7 mi · File Apr 2026

$40
list $40 · lowest of 42 lines
10
Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital

Oxford · 33 mi · File Apr 2026

$41
list $55
11
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC

Cincinnati · 5 mi · File Jul 2026

$41
list $69 · lowest of 2 lines
12
West Chester Hospital

West Chester · 20 mi · File Jul 2026

$41
list $69 · 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 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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