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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Iowa 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$14.79$8.91 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$30.20 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $13 to $741Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $56
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $105professional $15

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
$12.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$23.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$38.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $30.20 · 15th 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.