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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Montana 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$8.51 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$11.22 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $11 to $191Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $76professional $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
$34.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75

Where Montana 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.

Montana $11.22 · 40th 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.