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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 October 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$5.37 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$10.23 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$10$20facility $10professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.13

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$8.71

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.