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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

North Carolina 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 8 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$8.32$6.76 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$53.70 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $11 to $813Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $126professional $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
$12.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.75
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $60.26 · 7th 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.