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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Rhode Island 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 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 4 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$8.71$6.31 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$25.12 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $10 to $933Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $76professional $9

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
$25.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.60

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island $16.60 · 32nd 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.