CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, basic metabolic panel
Facility: Sanford Wheaton Medical 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–$123
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $8 Fair price $40 Cash price $107 Hospital's list price $134
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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 | $73 - $112 | 863% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $58 - $116 | 686% |
| Aetnamajor | $73 - $116 | 863% |
| Health Net | $121 | 1430% |
| HealthPartners | $73 - $109 | 863% |
| Medica | $118 - $127 | 1395% |
| Sanford Health Plan | $68 - $124 | 804% |
| Security Health Plan | $74 | 875% |
| UCare | $72 - $118 | 851% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $75 - $121 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare.
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.