Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) cost at US hospitals

Basic metabolic panel · CPT 80048

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic)

This is the short chemistry panel: salts, fluid balance, blood sugar and two kidney measures. It is the one ordered when the question is how the kidneys are working and whether the body's salts and water are where they should be, and it is the panel repeated most often during a hospital stay.

$8.46

lowest cash price

$117.50

national median

$1,181.00

highest cash price

909

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $8.46–$1,181.00 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$8.46

Bellevue Hospital Center — NY 10016, NY

Most expensive published cash price

$1,181.00

CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY — Ashland City, TN

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($128.25) → Sep 1, 2026 ($82.70)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $48.36 $101.40 $381.42
Arizona 24 $21.62 $68.68 $261.30
Arkansas 11 $18.85 $111.15 $145.60
California 91 $48.60 $193.20 $644.85
Colorado 13 $36.63 $282.56 $396.70
Florida 60 $42.16 $366.00 $1,171.84
Georgia 25 $43.00 $145.86 $1,036.34
Hawaii 2 $83.25 $83.25 $89.92
Illinois 51 $41.76 $141.00 $285.00
Indiana 26 $23.38 $91.20 $232.20
Iowa 28 $55.20 $68.56 $607.00
Kansas 11 $32.00 $280.43 $596.33
Kentucky 25 $37.61 $105.00 $317.06
Louisiana 1 $21.58 $21.58 $21.58
Maine 7 $95.70 $136.35 $196.30
Maryland 2 $17.40 $17.40 $17.40
Michigan 27 $11.67 $45.00 $196.80
Minnesota 19 $60.80 $111.61 $155.20
Mississippi 11 $9.46 $89.60 $166.25
Missouri 19 $30.00 $117.15 $1,042.88
Montana 2 $53.60 $53.60 $85.60
Nebraska 13 $40.94 $164.64 $233.75
Nevada 4 $53.50 $193.73 $270.27
New Hampshire 1 $371.65 $371.65 $371.65
New Jersey 23 $8.46 $9.31 $74.80
New Mexico 2 $86.94 $86.94 $86.94
New York 23 $8.46 $8.46 $130.00
North Carolina 15 $58.00 $177.03 $177.03
North Dakota 4 $97.60 $97.60 $97.60
Ohio 66 $22.75 $67.20 $309.60
Oklahoma 18 $18.85 $60.00 $690.25
Oregon 12 $27.75 $36.00 $44.16
Pennsylvania 33 $20.00 $80.40 $534.60
South Carolina 11 $45.00 $139.50 $473.00
South Dakota 7 $67.20 $111.20 $149.60
Tennessee 37 $14.26 $43.23 $1,181.00
Texas 101 $85.35 $255.15 $1,066.53
Virginia 43 $14.26 $171.00 $927.48
Washington 33 $19.20 $45.79 $178.40
West Virginia 18 $39.00 $39.00 $148.80
Wisconsin 35 $50.88 $117.50 $300.37
Wyoming 4 $10.92 $68.26 $73.82

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA $150.50 $8.46 – $189.36
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA $150.50 $8.46 – $189.36
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709, VA $150.50 $8.46 – $189.36
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA $150.50 $8.46 – $189.36
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA $150.50 $8.46 – $189.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN $150.59 $7.51 – $249.20
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD, TN $150.71 $3.81 – $25.38
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford, MS $152.95 $8.12 – $23.69
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler, AZ $153.03 $5.08 – $456.96
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA $154.00 $8.46 – $26.24
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook, MN $155.20 $57.75 – $174.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy, MN $155.20 $57.75 – $174.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110, TX $156.44 $7.11 – $195.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham, TX $156.44 $12.00 – $234.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station, TX $156.44 $7.61 – $234.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple, TX $156.44 $7.11 – $234.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco, TX $156.44 $7.11 – $195.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100, TX $156.44 $7.11 – $234.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park, TX $156.44 $7.11 – $234.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor, TX $156.44 $12.00 – $208.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple, TX $156.44 $7.11 – $234.67
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut, OH $156.75 $3.47 – $59.00
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva, OH $156.75 $3.47 – $69.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane, WA $156.87 $8.46 – $9.31
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson, MS $159.18 $4.97 – $23.69
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville, PA $159.60 $7.57 – $15.88
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park, TX $161.05 $7.04 – $189.93
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg, CA $161.70 $9.70 – $77.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta, CA $161.83 $4.40 – $8.46
RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA $163.02 $2.39 – $15.23
WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER MONTEBELLO, CA $163.44 $2.87 – $94.32
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA $164.54 $2.60 – $86.30
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA $164.64 $8.20 – $333.20
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE $164.64 $8.20 – $333.20
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NE $164.64 $8.20 – $333.20
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha, NE $164.64 $8.20 – $333.20
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE $164.64 $8.20 – $333.20
CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE $164.64 $8.20 – $333.20
Adventhealth Hendersonville Hendersonville, NC $165.00 $8.46 – $21.12

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