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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 October 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$6.61 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$12.88 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $105Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $22professional $9

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
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.75
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$11.75

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.