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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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Metabolic Blood Panel cost?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$6.31 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$36.31 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $10 to $589Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $112professional $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
$10.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$23.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.59

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $25.70 · 16th 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.