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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Kansas 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 6 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$7.08$6.61 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$19.05 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $9 to $398Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $59professional $7

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
$9.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.14

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $12.30 · 37th 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.