CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, basic metabolic panel
Facility: Memorial Medical Center
Billing Code: 80048 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$49
about 6.1× the $8 Medicare rate · typically $10–$51
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $8 Fair price $49 Cash price $145 Hospital's list price $207
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 | $51 - $184 | 603% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $41 - $43 | 485% |
| Aetnamajor | $51 - $184 | 603% |
| Cignamajor | $137 - $172 | 1619% |
| Humanamajor | $146 - $184 | 1726% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $61 - $77 | 721% |
| Amerigroup | $51 - $110 | 603% |
| Health Net | $146 - $184 | 1726% |
| Healthcare Highways | $146 - $184 | 1726% |
| Molina | $88 - $110 | 1040% |
| + 13 smaller / regional plans | $51 - $196 |
Government programs also on file: Military & VA.
Excludes 9 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Memorial Medical Center
Compare: Blood test, basic metabolic panel at other TX hospitals
- Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital · Nacogdoches $6
- PAM Specialty Hospital of San Antonio Medical Center · San Antonio $6
- PAM Specialty Hospital of Texarkana North · Texarkana $6
- Parkland Health & Hospital System · Dallas $7
- Ascension Providence · Waco $7
- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center · Houston $7
- Fort Duncan Medical Center · Eagle Pass $7
- South Texas Health System · Edinburg $7
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.