SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Lancaster, PA

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 —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center LANCASTER, PA
.BO Ebola BMP Tech
$15.94 $55.00 71%
file
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center LANCASTER, PA
80048 METABOLIC PANEL TOTAL CA Tech
$15.94 $55.00 71%
file
Ephrata Community Hospital EPHRATA, PA
Blood Test, Basic Group of Blood Chemicals (Calcium, Total)
$20.00 $46.00 57%
file
UPMC Lititz LITITZ, PA
HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$55.20 $92.00 40%
file

Outpatient: lowest $15.94, median $17.97, highest $55.20 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $17.97. 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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