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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Arizona 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$8.51$6.61 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$26.30 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $9 to $776Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $54
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $85professional $9

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
$12.30
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $16.22 · 33rd 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.