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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Michigan 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$8.71$7.94 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$10.96 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $8 to $166Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$5$20$100$500facility $45professional $9

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
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$223.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.20
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.96
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 17th of 51

$11.22

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.