Lab tests CPT 80048 Outpatient

Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Sheboygan, WI

In Sheboygan, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Basic metabolic panel (blood test): from $7.92 to $117.50, with a median of $50.40. The lowest listed price is at St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.

Lowest$7.92St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis
Median$50.40half pay less
Highest$117.50in this market
Difference14.8×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sheboygan, WI.

median
Lowest $7.92Highest $117.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis lowest Sheboygan, WI HC SURGICAL VET PANEL $7.92 $12.00 34%
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Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan, WI POC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL $15.00 $30.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan, WI HC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL $85.80 $130.00 34%
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Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan, WI BASIC METABOLIC PANEL $117.50 $235.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $7.92, median $50.40, highest $117.50 — a 14.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $50.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.