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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Minnesota 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$10.00$7.94 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$48.98 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $18 to $209Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $93
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $87professional $10

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
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$19.05

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $25.70 · 17th 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.