CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, comprehensive metabolic panel
Facility: Metropolitan Hospital Center
Billing Code: 80053 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$43
about 3.9× the $11 Medicare rate · typically $12–$61
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $11 Fair price $43 Hospital's list price $40
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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 | $15 - $61 | 142% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $35 - $110 | 331% |
| Aetnamajor | $7 - $28 | 66% |
| Cignamajor | $26 | 246% |
| Fidelis Care | $11 - $110 | 104% |
| MagnaCare | $13 | 123% |
| Oscar Health | $16 | 152% |
| WellCare | $24 | 227% |
| + 13 smaller / regional plans | $8 - $110 |
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Metropolitan Hospital Center
Compare: Blood test, comprehensive metabolic panel at other NY hospitals
- Elizabethtown Community Hospital · Elizabethtown $7
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- Nassau University Medical Center · East Meadow $10
- F F Thompson Hospital · Canandaigua $10
- Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake · Saranac Lake $10
- Bertrand Chaffee Hospital · Springville $10
- St James Hospital · Hornell $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.