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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Florida 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 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 $15.49 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.92$5.13 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$8.71 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $44Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $7

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
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$54.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
2 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
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.58

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 32nd of 51

$8.51

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.