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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Indiana 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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$5.37$3.55 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$7.59 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $9professional $5

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
$6.92
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$20.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.23
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$8.71

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 50th of 51

$6.61

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.