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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Tennessee 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.61$4.47 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$6.92 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $7

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$2.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.02
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.77

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 46th of 51

$6.92

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.