Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Hickory, NC costs $12 to $144. Here's every hospital's price.
2 hospitals in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area, 2 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $12 at Catawba Valley Medical Center, the median is $12 and the highest is $144 at Frye Regional Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 12 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Hickory, NC median of $12 is 80% below the national median of $59 across 1616 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
2 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $7 to $206. 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 July 2026. 2 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.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyHickory · 13 mi · Older file date unknown
Hickory · 9 mi · File Jul 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 80061. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
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 Hickory, NC without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, INCWebsite blocks automated reading
- Caldwell Memorial HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading