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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Louisiana 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$7.59$6.46 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$11.48 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $9 to $240Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $37professional $8

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
$46.77
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 41st of 51

$10.96

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.