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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Illinois 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$8.51$6.61 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$42.66 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $13 to $537Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $117professional $9

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
$120.23
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$131.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.00

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in South Carolina than in Vermont. 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.

Illinois· 6th of 51

$66.07

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.