SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 — and —.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozarks Community Hospital
GRAVETTE, AR BASIC METABOLIC PANEL - GRV |
$55.00 | $85.00 | 35% | — file |
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| Ozarks Community Hospital
GRAVETTE, AR BASIC METAB PAN 10165 QT |
$55.00 | $28.00 | -96% | — file |
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| Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
DEPARTMENT BELLA VISTA, AR Basic Metabolic Pnl Calcium Total |
$149.50 | $230.00 | 35% | — file |
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| Arkansas Childrens Northwest
SPRINGDALE, AR BLOOD TEST; BASIC GROUP OF BLOOD CHEMICALS (CALCIUM; TOTAL) |
$293.73 | $326.37 | 10% | — file |
Outpatient: lowest $55.00, median $102.25, highest $293.73 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $55.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80048 ($73.82). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Arkansas Childrens Northwest
SPRINGDALE, AR BASIC METABOLIC PNL TOTAL CA |
$6.36 | file |