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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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$19.95$10.00 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$58.88 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $13 to $631Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $7 to $54
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $129professional $20

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
$22.39
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$15.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$34.67

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $44.67 · 10th 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.