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Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Chicago
Across 15 of 29 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $15 to $315 — 20.5× the price for the same billing code.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics hospital.uillinois.edu · Chicago | $5–$166 varies | $237 | — | D |
| Loyola University Medical Center hospital.uillinois.edu · Maywood | $5–$166 varies | $237 | — | D |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange uchicagomedicineadventhealth.org · La Grange | $8–$57 varies | $30 | $8–$57 | C |
| Northwest Community Hospital 1 endeavorhealth.org · Arlington Heights | $11–$162 varies | $162 | $8–$13 | C |
| John H Stroger Jr Hospital cookcountyhealth.org · Chicago | $15 | $22 | $2–$18 | C |
| Provident Hospital of Chicago cookcountyhealth.org · Chicago | $15 | $22 | $2–$18 | C |
| Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center sinaichicago.org · Chicago | $35–$208 varies | $297 | $8–$671 | C |
| Holy Cross Hospital sinaichicago.org · Chicago | $35–$208 varies | $297 | $8–$671 | D |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center advocatehealth.com · Chicago | $45–$58 varies | $90 | $8–$164 | C |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital advocatehealth.com · Chicago | $48–$62 varies | $125 | $8–$163 | C |
| Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center advocatehealth.com · Oak Lawn | $48–$62 varies | $125 | $8–$159 | C |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital advocatehealth.com · Park Ridge | $55–$72 varies | $145 | $8–$161 | C |
| Rush University Medical Center rush.edu · Chicago | $60 | $120 | $9–$162 | A |
| Rush Oak Park Hospital rush.edu · Oak Park | $66 | $133 | $4–$173 | B |
| Shriners Hospital for Children shrinerschildrens.org · Chicago | $72 | $72 | $8–$17 | C |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center uchicagomedicine.org · Chicago | $81–$379 varies | $379 | $8–$85 | C |
| Community First Medical Center cfmedicalcenter.com · Chicago | $119 | $238 | $8–$238 | B |
| West Suburban Medical Center westsuburbanmc.com · Oak Park | $128 | $377 | $8–$245 | C |
| Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital weisshospital.com · Chicago | $128 | $377 | $8–$245 | C |
| Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago healthcare.ascension.org · Chicago | $139 | $422 | $8–$35 | B |
| Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center healthcare.ascension.org · Chicago | $139 | $422 | $8–$35 | B |
| Osf Little Company of Mary Medical Center osfhealthcare.org · Evergreen Park | $140–$171 varies | $285 | $8–$16 | D |
| St Bernard Hospital stbh.org · Chicago | $205 | $205 | — | C |
| Palos Community Hospital nm.org · Palos Heights | $220 | $314 | $50–$314 | C |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago luriechildrens.org · Chicago | $239 | $342 | $58–$325 | B |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital uchicagomedicine.org · Harvey | $290 | $290 | $8–$70 | B |
| Jackson Park Hospital jacksonparkhospital.org · Chicago | $315 | $394 | — | B |
| St Alexius Medical Center healthcare.ascension.org · Hoffman Estates | not published | — | $8–$37 | F |
| Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 healthcare.ascension.org · Elk Grove Village | not published | — | $8–$28 | F |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code CPT 80048 —
Basic metabolic panel. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.