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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Nebraska 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $102 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$5.62$5.13 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$23.44 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $11 to $178Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $102professional $6

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
$5.62
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$21.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.49
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$16.98

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$34.67

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.