The median cash price for Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (blood test) is $126.24, based on the stated self-pay prices 39 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $7.35–$706.18.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$5.66 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$7.35 cash | $21 | 2026-04-01 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$10.56 cash | $341 | 2025-12-31 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$10.56 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$11.62 cash | $328 | 2026-03-04 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$12.67 cash | $325.51 | 2026-01-01 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$28.50 cash | $57 | 3/30/2026 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$32.12 cash | $32.78 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$47.45 cash | $73 | 2026-06-16 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$49.27 cash | $161 | 1/1/2026 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$50 cash | $125 | 2026-04-01 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$50.05 cash | $77 | 2026-03-23 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$50.40 cash | $126 | 3/31/2026 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$67.08 cash | $86 | 2026-04-01 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$78.48 cash | $120 | 2026-04-01 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$98 cash | $391.99 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$98 cash | $391.99 | 2026-03-30 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$99.38 cash | $132.50 | 2026-04-01 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$101 cash | $101 | 2026-04-01 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$108 cash | $400 | 04/01/2026 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$123 cash | $410 | 2026-04-01 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$126.24 cash | $789 | 2026-03-02 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$131.41 cash | $344 | 2026-02-28 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$133.50 cash | $178 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$133.50 cash | $178 | 2026-03-27 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$135.30 cash | $246 | 2025-12-31 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$152.10 cash | $152.10 | 03/31/2026 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$190.50 cash | $254 | 2025-05-16 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$218.26 cash | $363.76 | 2026-02-18 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$223.20 cash | $372 | 2026-03-31 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$227.50 cash | $455 | 2025-10-08 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$255.36 cash | $456 | 4/1/2026 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$288.40 cash | $901.25 | 2026-04-01 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$312.90 cash | $447 | 4/1/2026 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$339 cash | $452 | 04/01/2026 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$368 cash | $368 | 2026-02-10 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$381 cash | $381 | 2025-12-01 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$497.20 cash | $1,243 | 2026-04-01 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$572.50 cash | $1,145 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$628.87 cash | $967.49 | 2025-11-26 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$706.18 cash | $1,054 | 2026-03-05 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (blood test), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.