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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Missouri 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$8.51$5.13 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$10.96 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $87Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $16professional $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
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.48
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.95

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$10.23

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.