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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Georgia 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 8 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$7.76$6.46 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$13.18 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $9 to $646Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $52professional $8

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
$8.51
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$31.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $12.88 · 35th 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.