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Lipid panel (cholesterol test) in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV costs $41 to $145. Here's every hospital's price.

13 hospitals in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area, 13 hospitals list a cash price for lipid panel (cholesterol test) (CPT 80061). The lowest is $41 at Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, INC, the median is $123 and the highest is $145 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 3.5 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV median of $123 is 153% above the national median of $48 across 568 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

13 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $7 to $226. 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 July 2026. 22 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.

$41
lowest cash price in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, INC · 35 mi
$81 below the median
$123
median cash price
13 hospitals
3.5×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
13/36
hospitals with a cash price
22 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, INC

Lanham · 35 mi · File Jan 2026

$41
list $42
2
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center

Olney · 33 mi · File Apr 2026

$50
list $51 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

Clinton · 34 mi · File Apr 2026

$55
list $56 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington · 23 mi · File Apr 2026

$95
list $146 · lowest of 4 lines
5
Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Washington · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$104
list $160 · lowest of 4 lines
6
Uva Health Culpeper Medical Center

Culpeper · 38 mi · File Mar 2026

$112
list $224 · lowest of 2 lines
7
Uva Health Prince William Medical Center

Manassas · 4 mi · File Mar 2026

$123
list $245 · lowest of 2 lines
8
Uva Health Haymarket Medical Center

Haymarket · 8 mi · File Mar 2026

$123
list $245 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Inova Alexandria Hospital

Alexandria · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$145
list $290
10
Inova Loudoun Hospital

Leesburg · 17 mi · File Apr 2026

$145
list $290
11
Inova Fairfax Hospital

Falls Church · 15 mi · File Apr 2026

$145
list $290
12
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

Fairfax · 7 mi · File Apr 2026

$145
list $290
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 Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV 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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