Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Pittsburgh, PA costs $13 to $720. Here's every hospital's price.
15 hospitals in the Pittsburgh, PA 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 Pittsburgh, PA metro area, 15 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $13 at Advanced Surgical Hospital, the median is $202 and the highest is $720 at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside. The most expensive hospital lists 54 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Pittsburgh, PA median of $202 is 317% above the national median of $48 across 568 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
15 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $8 to $1,020. 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 April 2026. 16 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.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyWashington · 31 mi · File Apr 2026
Monongahela · 20 mi · File Feb 2026
Kittanning · 28 mi · File Mar 2026
New Castle · 45 mi · File Mar 2026
Connellsville · 34 mi · File Feb 2026
Pittsburgh · 5 mi · File Mar 2026
Pittsburgh · 6 mi · File Mar 2026
Monroeville · 6 mi · File Mar 2026
Pittsburgh · 7 mi · File Mar 2026
Pittsburgh · 2 mi · File Mar 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 80061. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
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 Pittsburgh, PA without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, LLCWebsite blocks automated reading
- Ahn Wexford HospitalFile could not be read
- Allegheny General HospitalFile could not be read
- Allegheny Valley HospitalFile could not be read
- Canonsburg General HospitalFile could not be read
- Children's Home of Pittsburghcode not in file
- Excela Health - Frick HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Excela Health Latrobe HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Forbes HospitalFile could not be read
- Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaWebsite blocks automated reading
- Jefferson HospitalFile could not be read
- St Clair HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Uniontown HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Washington Hospital, TheFile found, not read yet
- West Penn HospitalFile could not be read