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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Idaho 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 7 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$10.00$8.51 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$25.70 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $9 to $145Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $47professional $10

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
$16.60
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$33.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$17.38

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho $25.70 · 18th 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.