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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 80048

This blood test measures a group of eight common substances, including glucose, calcium, and several electrolytes and kidney function markers, in a single sample. It gives a broad snapshot of metabolic health, kidney function, and fluid and electrolyte balance.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$6.76 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$8.51 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $7 to $525Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $34
$2.0$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0Kfacility $62professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$33.88
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$120.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in South Carolina than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $25.12 · 20th of 51
SC $93.33VT $6.76

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.