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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

New Mexico 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 6 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 $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$28.18 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $13 to $155Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $76professional $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
$13.49
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $6.92 · 50th 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.