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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Los Angeles, CA costs $5 to $542. Here's every hospital's price.

37 hospitals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 37 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $5 at UCI Health-Orange, the median is $13 and the highest is $542 at Coast Plaza Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 100 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Los Angeles, CA median of $13 is 73% below the national median of $48 across 568 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

40 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $2 to $14,761. 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 July 2024 and September 2026. 60 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.

$5
lowest cash price in Los Angeles, CA
UCI Health-Orange · 28 mi
$8 below the median
$13
median cash price
37 hospitals
100×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
37/100
hospitals with a cash price
60 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UCI Health-Orange

Orange · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

$5
list $14 · lowest of 6 lines
2
Providence St. Joseph Hospital

Orange · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$6
list $13 · lowest of 50 lines
3
Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$6
list $13 · lowest of 180 lines
4
Providence Mission Hospital

Mission Viejo · 48 mi · File Apr 2026

$6
list $13 · lowest of 240 lines
5
UCI Health - Los Alamitos

Los Alamitos · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$7
list $18
6
Anaheim Global Medical Center

Anaheim · 25 mi · File Jun 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 8 lines
7
Chapman Global Medical Center

Orange · 30 mi · File Jun 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 6 lines
8
Orange County Global Medical Center

Santa Ana · 32 mi · File Jun 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 8 lines
9
Coastal Communities Hospital

Santa Ana · 32 mi · File Jun 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 8 lines
10
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles · 12 mi · File Nov 2025

$11
list $17 · lowest of 123 lines
11
Saint Francis Medical Center

Lynwood · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$13
list $414
12
Encino Hospital Medical Center

Encino · 18 mi · File Sep 2026

$13
list $50 · lowest of 3 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 Los Angeles, CA 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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