CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, basic metabolic panel
Facility: Harlem Hospital Center
Billing Code: 80048 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$37
about 4.6× the $8 Medicare rate · typically $10–$70
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $8 Fair price $37 Hospital's list price $27
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 | $12 - $82 | 142% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $28 - $147 | 331% |
| Aetnamajor | $5 - $19 | 59% |
| Cignamajor | $21 | 248% |
| Fidelis Care | $8 - $147 | 95% |
| MagnaCare | $10 | 118% |
| Oscar Health | $13 | 154% |
| WellCare | $16 | 189% |
| + 13 smaller / regional plans | $5 - $147 |
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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- Elizabethtown Community Hospital · Elizabethtown $6
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- Long Island Community Hospital · Patchogue $7
- Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital · New Rochelle $7
- The University of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy · Malone $7
- Geneva General Hospital · Geneva $8
- F F Thompson Hospital · Canandaigua $8
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.