Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in San Jose, CA costs $3 to $331. Here's every hospital's price.
5 hospitals in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, 5 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $3 at El Camino Health, the median is $156 and the highest is $331 at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford. The most expensive hospital lists 117 times the cheapest for the same code.
The San Jose, CA median of $156 is 165% above the national median of $59 across 1613 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
4 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $13 to $8,000. 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 March 2026 and April 2026. 3 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 onlyMountain View · 50 mi · File Apr 2026
Santa Clara · 33 mi · File Apr 2026
San Jose · 33 mi · File Apr 2026
Palo Alto · 57 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 San Jose, CA without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Good Samaritan HospitalNo price file found
- Hazel Hawkins Memorial HospitalNo website on record
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterFile found, not read yet