SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Reading, PA

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
St Joseph Regional Health Network READING, PA
CT Basic Metabolic Panel
$14.31 $55.00 74%
file
St Joseph Regional Health Network READING, PA
Basic Metabolic Panel.
$14.31 $55.00 74%
file

Outpatient: lowest $14.31, median $14.31, highest $14.31.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $14.31. 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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