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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Washington, DC 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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$6.31$6.31 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$30.90 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $15 to $832Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $98professional $6

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
$15.49
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$64.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$14.45

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC $51.29 · 8th 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.