SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Eureka-Arcata, CA

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 80048, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC FORTUNA, CA
HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$62.22 $122.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC EUREKA, CA
HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$65.28 $128.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC EUREKA, CA
HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$194.82 $382.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC FORTUNA, CA
HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$218.79 $429.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $62.22, median $130.05, highest $218.79 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $206.81. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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