go back

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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 7 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$6.76$6.46 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$17.38 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $10 to $398Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $50professional $7

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
$9.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.89
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.55
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.59

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $17.38 · 28th 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.