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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Alabama 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 5 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$6.76$6.61 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$10.00 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $9 to $437Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $55professional $7

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
$9.33
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama $8.51 · 47th 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.