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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Utah 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$6.76$6.46 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$51.29 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $30 to $158Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $60professional $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
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$38.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.96
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75

Where Utah 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.

Utah $10.00 · 42nd 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.