How much does comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) cost in California?
CPT 80053 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP)
Ask to pay
$21
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$269
Medicare $11
Ask $21
$2 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $3,215
What Medicare paysⓘ
$11
Typical price near you
$269
Cash / self-pay price
$277
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $5cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $10cash | 0.9× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $11negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $12negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $12cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $14cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $14cash | 1.4× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $14cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $14cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $15cash | 1.4× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $15cash | 1.4× | — |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $16negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $16negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $19cash | 1.8× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $29cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $50cash | 4.7× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $50cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $50cash | 4.7× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $50cash | 4.7× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $84cash | 8.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $98cash | 9.3× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $98cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $98cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $98cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $98cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $155cash | 14.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $165cash | 15.6× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $165cash | 15.6× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $174cash | 16.5× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $184cash | 17.4× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $195cash | 18.4× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $195cash | 18.5× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $200cash | 18.9× | ★★★★★ |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $208cash | 19.7× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $222cash | 21.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $255cash | 24.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $255cash | 24.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $255cash | 24.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $268cash | 25.4× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $269cash | 25.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $269cash | 25.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $269cash | 25.5× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $277cash | 26.2× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $277cash | 26.3× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $282cash | 26.7× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $286cash | 27.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $339cash | 32.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $339cash | 32.1× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $339cash | 32.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $339cash | 32.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $343cash | 32.4× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $348cash | 33.0× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $358cash | 33.9× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $358cash | 33.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $364cash | 34.4× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $382cash | 36.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $396cash | 37.5× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $415cash | 39.3× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $432cash | 40.9× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $433cash | 41.0× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $439cash | 41.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $455cash | 43.1× | — |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $463cash | 43.8× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $467cash | 44.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $471cash | 44.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $471cash | 44.6× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $471cash | 44.6× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $471cash | 44.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $471cash | 44.6× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $471cash | 44.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $471cash | 44.6× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $493cash | 46.7× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $497cash | 47.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $622cash | 58.9× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $629cash | 59.6× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $731cash | 69.2× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $757cash | 71.6× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $883cash | 83.6× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $883cash | 83.6× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $883cash | 83.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $951cash | 90.1× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $1,024cash | 97.0× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) gross charge | Hospital | $1,819cash | 172.2× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $2,266cash | 214.6× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) gross charge | Hospital | $2,899cash | 274.5× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) gross charge | Hospital | $2,934cash | 277.8× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $3,215cash | 304.5× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 10 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 80053 (Comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP)), Medicare's benchmark rate is $10.56. A fair self-pay target for this line is $21.12. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 80053 is $277.18, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $50.00–$470.00. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 80053 cost in California?
For comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) (CPT 80053) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $269, with hospitals ranging from $50 to $470 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $11, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) (CPT 80053) in California is around $269, with hospital prices ranging from $50 to $470 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 80053?
Medicare pays about $11 for comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) (CPT 80053). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP)?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.