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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Maryland 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$6.76$6.46 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$33.88 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $11 to $741Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $15
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $44professional $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
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$18.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.94
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland $22.91 · 22nd 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.