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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Maine 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$6.92 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$16.98 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $9 to $302Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $79professional $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
$8.51
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.02
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$56.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$316.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.38

Where Maine 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.

Maine $16.98 · 31st 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.