SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Pittsburgh, PA

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 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 Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
UPMC Washington WASHINGTON, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$27.58 $39.40 30%
file
Uniontown Hospital UNIONTOWN, PA
BLOOD TEST; BASIC GROUP OF BLOOD CHEMICALS (CALCIUM; TOTAL)
$39.00 $78.00 50%
file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
HC BMP TOTAL CALCIUM
$53.28 $72.00 26% Apr 14, 2026
file
Highlands Hospital CONNELLSVILLE, PA
.BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$59.40 $99.00 40%
file
Highlands Hospital CONNELLSVILLE, PA
. DO NOT ORDER AM BMP
$59.40 $99.00 40%
file
Highlands Hospital CONNELLSVILLE, PA
.DO NOT ORDER LX BMP
$59.40 $99.00 40%
file
Highlands Hospital CONNELLSVILLE, PA
BASIC META PANEL
$59.40 $99.00 40%
file
Monogahela Valley Hospital MONONGAHELA, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$59.40 $99.00 40%
file
UPMC Jameson NEW CASTLE, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$80.40 $134.00 40%
file
UPMC St Margaret PITTSBURGH, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PNL (CHEM 7)
$97.20 $162.00 40%
file
UPMC St Margaret PITTSBURGH, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$97.20 $162.00 40%
file
UPMC East MONROEVILLE, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$175.20 $292.00 40%
file
UPMC Mercy PITTSBURGH, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$198.60 $331.00 40%
file
UPMC Passavant - McCandless PITTSBURGH, PA
HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$202.80 $338.00 40%
file
UPMC Presbyterian PITTSBURGH, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$210.00 $350.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file
UPMC Presbyterian PITTSBURGH, PA
WHOLE BLOOD BASIC METABOLIC PN
$210.00 $350.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file
UPMC McKeesport MCKEESPORT, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$225.60 $376.00 40%
file
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital PITTSBURGH, PA
HC WHOLE BLOOD BASIC METABOLIC PN
$491.40 $819.00 40%
file
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital PITTSBURGH, PA
HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$520.80 $868.00 40%
file
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, PA
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
$536.40 $894.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, PA
WHOLE BLOOD BASIC METABOLIC PN
$536.40 $894.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $27.58, median $97.20, highest $536.40 — a 19.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $136.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

1 row held back from this comparison

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.

WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
CHG BASIC METABOLIC PANEL CALCIUM TOTAL
$6.76 file

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