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
Washakie Medical Center Worland, WY $71.26 $53.28 – $107.67
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ $71.36 $8.46 – $334.50
Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) Saint Johns, FL $71.50 $7.45 – $21.15
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $71.50 $7.45 – $21.15
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $71.50 $7.45 – $21.15
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Middleburg, FL $71.50 $7.45 – $21.15
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia, WA $71.76 $8.46 – $52.71
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia, WA $71.76 $7.19 – $47.38
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge, IL $72.50 $8.46 – $153.32
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport, IA $72.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis, IL $72.60 $7.35 – $84.64
Platte County Hospital Wheatland, WY $73.82 $53.28 – $107.67
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert, AZ $74.04 $8.46 – $334.50
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead, NJ $74.80 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA $74.90 not published
Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock, VA $75.00 not published
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta, TN $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville, TN $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville, TN $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro, TN $75.09 $7.61 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville, TN $75.09 $3.05 – $32.75
Massena Hospital Massena, NY $75.48 $8.46 – $65.29
Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH $75.99 $3.47 – $39.88
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley, AZ $77.16 $8.46 – $334.50
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin, IL $77.50 $8.46 – $108.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA $77.61 $7.27 – $284.80
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City, FL $77.76 $8.46 – $31.88
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo, CA $78.00 $8.46 – $97.76
Van Wert Hospital Van Wert, OH $78.65 $8.46 – $8.63
UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA $80.40 $8.36 – $22.87
Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) Kettering, OH $80.40 $3.47 – $17.77
Kettering Health Miamisburg (Sycamore) Miamisburg, OH $80.40 $3.47 – $17.77
Kettering Health Dayton (Grandview) Dayton, OH $80.40 $3.47 – $17.77
Soin Medical Center Beaver Creek, OH $80.40 $3.47 – $17.77
Kettering Health Greene Memorial Xenia, OH $80.40 $3.47 – $17.77
Kettering Health Hamilton (Fort Hamilton) Hamilton, OH $80.40 $3.47 – $17.77
Kettering Health Troy Troy, OH $80.40 $3.47 – $17.77
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis, MO $81.40 $8.46 – $16.22
UPMC Cole Coudersport, PA $81.60 $5.50 – $108.80
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion, SD $81.60 $30.09 – $91.80
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville, TN $82.53 $1.16 – $117.90
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WA $82.60 $8.46 – $15.65
Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN $82.70 $5.69 – $165.39
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown, KY $82.70 $5.69 – $220.52
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin, KY $82.70 $5.69 – $220.52
Baptist Health La Grange La Grange, KY $82.70 $5.69 – $220.52
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington, KY $82.70 $5.69 – $224.16
Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY $82.70 $5.08 – $220.52
Baptist Health Paducah Paducah, KY $82.70 $5.69 – $220.52
Moanalua Medical Center HONOLULU, HI $83.25 $8.00 – $8.00

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