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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Memphis, TN-MS-AR costs $40 to $105. Here's every hospital's price.

7 hospitals in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area, 7 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $40 at Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital, the median is $50 and the highest is $105 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton. The most expensive hospital lists 2.6 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Memphis, TN-MS-AR median of $50 is 15% below the national median of $59 across 1615 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

8 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $6 to $394. 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 January 2025 and July 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.

$40
lowest cash price in Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital · 5 mi
$10 below the median
$50
median cash price
7 hospitals
2.6×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
7/13
hospitals with a cash price
5 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital

Olive Branch · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$40
list $184
2
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

Memphis · 14 mi · File Mar 2026

$40
list $184 · lowest of 4 lines
3
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden, INC

West Memphis · 23 mi · File Feb 2026

$50
list $334 · lowest of 4 lines
4
Regional One Health

Memphis · 15 mi · Older file Jan 2025

$50
list $92
5
Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto

Southaven · 10 mi · File Feb 2026

$67
list $334 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Baptist Memorial Hospital

Memphis · 9 mi · File Feb 2026

$70
list $166 · lowest of 28 lines
7
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton

Covington · 37 mi · File Feb 2026

$105
list $438 · lowest of 14 lines
8
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

Memphis · 16 mi · File Jul 2026

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list $78
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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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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