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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Colorado 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 October 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.03$5.13 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$14.45 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $6 to $39Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $24professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Minnesota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$10.00

MN $93.33MD $6.31

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.