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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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 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 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$7.94$6.76 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$13.49 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $8 to $257Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $44professional $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
$8.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.75

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan $19.95 · 24th 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.