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Basic Metabolic Blood Panel

Vermont 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 5 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$6.61 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$66.07 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $25 to $151Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $87professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$22.91

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in South Carolina than in Vermont. 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.

Vermont· 51st of 51

$6.76

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.