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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Arkansas 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 7 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$10.00$6.92 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$13.18 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $10 to $468Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $81professional $10

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
$13.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$15.85

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas $16.98 · 30th 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.