Basic metabolic panel cost in Florida

Prices at 65 hospitals in Florida, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $154 — 64% above the US median ($94), roughly 18.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Holmes Regional Medical Center Melbourne, FL $25 $56 ★ 4/5 214 min —
Viera Hospital Melbourne, FL $25 $56 ★ 5/5 194 min —
Palm Bay Hospital Palm Bay, FL $25 $56 ★ 3/5 202 min —
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston, FL $38 $28 ★ 5/5 219 min —
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf Port Saint Joe, FL $45 $9 ★ 3/5 105 min —
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL $49 $9 ★ 5/5 198 min —
Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice North Venice, FL $49 $9 ★ 5/5 235 min —
Doctors Memorial Hospital Bonifay, FL $60 $33 ★ 2/5 121 min —
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast Miramar Beach, FL $68 $9 ★ 3/5 177 min —
Ascension St Vincent's Riverside Jacksonville, FL $72 $9 ★ 3/5 162 min —
Ascension St Vincent's Southside Jacksonville, FL $72 $11 ★ 4/5 126 min —
Ascension St Vincent's Clay County Middleburg, FL $72 $12 ★ 3/5 188 min —
Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County St. Johns, FL $72 $12 ★ 4/5 118 min —
Parrish Medical Center Titusville, FL $72 $83 ★ 2/5 205 min —
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Panama City, FL $78 $9 ★ 3/5 176 min —
George E Weems Memorial Hospital Apalachicola, FL $87 $78 — — —
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL $88 — ★ 5/5 206 min —
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital Vero Beach, FL $100 $8 ★ 4/5 216 min —
Lakeland Regional Medical Center Lakeland, FL $102 $635 ★ 1/5 155 min —
Northwest Florida Community Hospital Chipley, FL $118 $37 ★ 2/5 — —
Mease Dunedin Hospital Dunedin, FL $154 $59 ★ 4/5 149 min —
Winter Haven Hospital Winter Haven, FL $154 $124 ★ 3/5 193 min —
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital New Port Richey, FL $154 $59 ★ 3/5 203 min —
Bartow Regional Medical Center Bartow, FL $154 $75 ★ 3/5 128 min —
Morton Plant Hospital Clearwater, FL $154 $59 ★ 4/5 181 min —

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$257
Cash / self-pay
$154
Insurer-negotiated
$49
Medicare pays
$8
$25$501
Median cash $154  ·  Medicare $8  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $154 — about 18.2× the Medicare rate ($8). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($17).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $257 list price could save about $103 (40%).

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