Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Basic metabolic panel (blood test): from $64.20 to $285.17, with a median of $135.20. The lowest listed price is at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 80048, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences lowest Little Rock, AR METABOLIC PANEL TOTAL CA | $64.20 | $107.00 | 40% | — source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR BLOOD TEST; BASIC GROUP OF BLOOD CHEMICALS (CALCIUM; TOTAL) | $127.20 | $212.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC Little Rock, AR Basic Metabolic Panel Quest | $135.20 | $169.00 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC Little Rock, AR Basic Metabolic Panel | $135.20 | $169.00 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR BLOOD TEST; BASIC GROUP OF BLOOD CHEMICALS (CALCIUM; TOTAL) | $285.17 | $316.86 | 10% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $64.20, median $135.20, highest $285.17 — a 4.4× difference within the same market.
What it is
A basic metabolic panel (BMP) is a blood test that measures eight things: glucose, calcium, sodium, potassium, carbon dioxide, chloride, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine. It gives a quick picture of blood sugar, fluid and electrolyte balance, and kidney function.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the eight tests. The blood draw (venipuncture) is often a separate charge.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80048 ($72.50). 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 Hospital Little Rock, ARBASIC METABOLIC PNL TOTAL CA | $6.36 | file |