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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Harrisburg, PA costs $21 to $88. Here's every hospital's price.

5 hospitals in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, 5 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $21 at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, the median is $29 and the highest is $88 at UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals. The most expensive hospital lists 4.2 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Harrisburg, PA median of $29 is 53% below the national median of $61 across 1430 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

5 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $11 to $124. 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 March 2026.

$21
lowest cash price in Harrisburg, PA
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center · 9 mi
$8 below the median
$29
median cash price
5 hospitals
4.2×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
5/5
hospitals with a cash price

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

Camp Hill · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$21
list $87 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Enola · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$27
list $87 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Hershey · 23 mi · File Mar 2026

$29
list $87 · lowest of 15 lines
4
UPMC Carlisle

Carlisle · 14 mi · File Mar 2026

$88
list $146 · lowest of 10 lines
5
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals

Harrisburg · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$88
list $146 · lowest of 10 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?

Questions people ask