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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

New Jersey 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$6.61$5.62 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$8.51 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $7 to $646Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$20$100$500facility $20professional $7

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
$6.61
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.05
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.24
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.08

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$7.59

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.