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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Minneapolis, MN-WI costs $15 to $40. Here's every hospital's price.

11 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, 11 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $15 at Buffalo Hospital, the median is $26 and the highest is $40 at M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 2.6 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Minneapolis, MN-WI median of $26 is 47% below the national median of $48 across 568 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

12 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $6 to $118. 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 2026 and June 2026. 18 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.

$15
lowest cash price in Minneapolis, MN-WI
Buffalo Hospital · 30 mi
$10 below the median
$26
median cash price
11 hospitals
2.6×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
11/30
hospitals with a cash price
18 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Buffalo Hospital

Buffalo · 30 mi · File Jun 2026

$15
list $28 · lowest of 24 lines
2
River Falls Area Hospital

River Falls · 36 mi · File Jun 2026

$15
list $28 · lowest of 6 lines
3
Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Minneapolis · 10 mi · File Jun 2026

$16
list $34 · lowest of 6 lines
4
North Memorial Health Hospital

Robbinsdale · 6 mi · File Apr 2026

$18
list $35 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Maple Grove Hospital

Maple Grove · 10 mi · File Apr 2026

$18
list $35 · lowest of 2 lines
6
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center

Minneapolis · 9 mi · File Feb 2026

$26
list $41 · lowest of 8 lines
7
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital

Edina · 15 mi · File Feb 2026

$38
list $95 · lowest of 6 lines
8
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital

Princeton · 35 mi · File Jan 2026

$38
list $95 · lowest of 6 lines
9
M Health Fairview St John's Hospital

Maplewood · 13 mi · File Feb 2026

$38
list $95 · lowest of 6 lines
10
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital

Woodbury · 19 mi · File Feb 2026

$38
list $95 · lowest of 6 lines
11
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital

Burnsville · 24 mi · File Feb 2026

$40
list $95 · lowest of 6 lines
12
Gillette Childrens Specialty Hospital

Saint Paul · 13 mi · File Jan 2026

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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 Minneapolis, MN-WI 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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