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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

South Dakota 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$13.18$7.94 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$79.43 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $58 to $347Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $120
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $117professional $13

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
$57.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$120.23
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.38
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.75
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota $74.13 · 4th 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.