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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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$11.22$8.13 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$16.22 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $9 to $240Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $85professional $11

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
$89.13
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.13

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $42.66 · 11th 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.