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
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL $306.47 $8.04 – $14.12
St Anne Hospital Toledo, OH $309.60 not published
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON, FL $310.70 $8.46 – $20.24
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester, KY $317.06 $8.46 – $8.46
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton, IA $322.40 $8.63 – $159.00
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD, FL $326.00 $7.67 – $222.71
Adventhealth North Pinellas Tarpon Springs, FL $327.90 $8.46 – $18.78
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX $328.00 $8.46 – $35.19
HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring, FL $332.00 $8.46 – $197.91
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast, FL $333.10 $8.04 – $18.07
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast, FL $333.10 $8.04 – $18.07
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA $333.92 $8.46 – $854.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas, TX $334.52 $7.61 – $32.57
Adventhealth Central Texas Killeen, TX $334.52 $7.61 – $32.57
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff, CA $337.56 $4.15 – $8.46
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS, TX $337.98 $8.46 – $22.17
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH, TX $337.98 $8.46 – $22.17
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas, TX $349.50 $6.75 – $29.09
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas, TX $349.50 $6.75 – $38.51
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Mansfield, TX $349.50 $6.75 – $30.38
Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Midlothian, TX $349.50 $6.75 – $29.09
Methodist Richardson Medical Center Richardson, TX $349.50 $6.75 – $29.09
Methodist Celina Medical Center Celina, TX $349.50 $7.82 – $21.15
Methodist Southlake Medical Center Souhtlake, TX $349.50 $4.97 – $36.63
Adventhealth Dade City Dade City, FL $354.27 $8.46 – $19.18
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton, CA $356.04 $7.19 – $624.84
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena, TX $359.45 $6.75 – $408.75
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando, FL $366.00 $8.46 – $22.42
MaineHealth - Memorial Hospital North Conway, NH $371.65 $6.26 – $99.64
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein, IA $374.00 $8.37 – $159.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston, TX $380.10 $6.09 – $1,086.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston, TX $380.10 $6.09 – $1,086.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX $380.10 $6.09 – $1,086.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring, TX $380.10 $6.09 – $1,086.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands, TX $380.10 $6.09 – $1,086.00
Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Kodiak, AK $381.42 not published
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring, FL $381.91 $8.67 – $19.23
Adventhealth Wauchula Wauchula, FL $381.91 not published
Adventhealth Connerton Land O Lakes, FL $382.40 not published
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced, CA $388.83 $8.46 – $532.98
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA $390.60 $8.46 – $22.60
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK $391.30 $6.89 – $18.67
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles, CA $392.37 $8.46 – $600.40
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver, CO $396.70 $8.38 – $24.21
Adventhealth Fish Memorial Orange City, FL $417.26 $8.04 – $16.10
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG, VA $423.00 $7.36 – $9.05
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CA $423.69 $8.46 – $455.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI, FL $438.75 $4.74 – $607.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH, FL $438.75 $4.74 – $607.50
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES, FL $438.75 $4.59 – $607.50

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