CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, basic metabolic panel
Facility: Buchanan County Health Center
Billing Code: 80048 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$40
about 5.0× the $8 Medicare rate · typically $9–$88
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $8 Fair price $40 Cash price $130 Hospital's list price $152
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $136 - $152 | 1608% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $76 - $152 | 898% |
| Aetnamajor | $137 - $152 | 1619% |
| Cignamajor | $127 | 1501% |
| Humanamajor | $152 | 1797% |
| HealthPartners | $113 - $152 | 1336% |
| Molina | $152 | 1797% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $55 - $152 |
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Other Procedures at Buchanan County Health Center
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- Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown · Marshalltown $9
- Trinity Muscatine · Muscatine $9
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.