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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Connecticut 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 Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$6.92$6.46 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$14.13 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $9 to $204Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $23professional $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
$8.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$30.90
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.79

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut $8.51 · 45th 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.