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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Lafayette, LA costs $20 to $199. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the Lafayette, 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 Lafayette, LA metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $20 at Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics, the median is $28 and the highest is $199 at Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 10 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Lafayette, LA median of $28 is 55% below the national median of $61 across 1430 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $7 to $119. 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 February 2026 and June 2026. 5 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.

$20
lowest cash price in Lafayette, LA
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics · 15 mi
$8 below the median
$28
median cash price
6 hospitals
10×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/11
hospitals with a cash price
5 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics

Lafayette · 15 mi · File Apr 2026

$20
list $76 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

Lafayette · 15 mi · File Apr 2026

$26
list $123 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Park Place Surgical Hospital

Lafayette · 11 mi · File Jun 2026

$28
list $93 · lowest of 3 lines
4
Ochsner St Martin Hospital

Breaux Bridge · 24 mi · File Apr 2026

$39
list $131 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital

Kaplan · 10 mi · File Apr 2026

$45
list $99 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital

Lafayette · 13 mi · File Feb 2026

$199
list $199 · 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 Lafayette, LA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask