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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

North Dakota 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 5 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$9.33$6.61 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$67.61 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $41 to $158Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $95
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $91professional $9

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
$44.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.80

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota $17.38 · 29th 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.