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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Joplin, MO-KS costs $16 to $151. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the Joplin, MO-KS 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 Joplin, MO-KS metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $16 at Freeman Health System - Freeman West, the median is $35 and the highest is $151 at Mercy Hospital Joplin. The most expensive hospital lists 9.6 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Joplin, MO-KS median of $35 is 40% below the national median of $59 across 1615 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $6 to $232. 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 June 2026 and September 2026.

$16
lowest cash price in Joplin, MO-KS
Freeman Health System - Freeman West · 3 mi
$20 below the median
$35
median cash price
6 hospitals
9.6×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/6
hospitals with a cash price

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Freeman Health System - Freeman West

Joplin · 3 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $39 · lowest of 3 lines
2
Freeman Neosho Hospital

Neosho · 17 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $39 · lowest of 6 lines
3
Mercy Hospital Carthage

Carthage · 10 mi · File Jun 2026

$35
list $47 · lowest of 10 lines
4
Mercy Hospital Columbus

Columbus · 20 mi · File Jun 2026

$76
list $117 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas

Galena · 7 mi · File Jun 2026

$140
list $215
6
Mercy Hospital Joplin

Joplin · 4 mi · File Jun 2026

$151
list $232 · 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?

Questions people ask