Pittsburgh → Basic metabolic panel (blood test)
Basic metabolic panel (blood test) in Pittsburgh
Across 9 of 17 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $14 to $536 — 38.2× the price for the same billing code.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Hospital ahn.org · Jefferson Hills | $5–$58 varies | $72 | $4–$28 | C |
| Forbes Hospital ahn.org · Monroeville | $6–$53 varies | $68 | $4–$103 | C |
| Allegheny Valley Hospital ahn.org · Natrona | $6–$52 varies | $68 | $4–$23 | C |
| Allegheny General Hospital ahn.org · Pittsburgh | $6–$58 varies | $76 | $4–$28 | C |
| Ahn Wexford Hospital ahn.org · Wexford | $7–$53 varies | $72 | $4–$26 | C |
| West Penn Hospital ahn.org · Pittsburgh | $7–$55 varies | $76 | $4–$28 | C |
| Heritage Valley Sewickley heritagevalley.org · Sewickley | $14 | $52 | $7–$44 | B |
| St Clair Hospital stclair.org · Pittsburgh | $40 | $160 | $8–$160 | C |
| Upmc St Margaret upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $97 | $162 | $7–$138 | B |
| Upmc East upmc.com · Monroeville | $175 | $292 | $8–$234 | B |
| Upmc Passavant upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $191–$203 varies | $338 | $8–$314 | B |
| Upmc Mercy upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $199 | $331 | $7–$298 | B |
| Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $210 | $350 | $8–$298 | B |
| Upmc Mckeesport Hospital upmc.com · Mc Keesport | $226 | $376 | $8–$320 | B |
| Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health System upmc.com · Pittsburgh | $491–$521 varies | $868 | $8–$799 | B |
| Upmc Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh chp.edu · Pittsburgh | $536 | $894 | $8–$805 | B |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh chp.edu · Pittsburgh | $536 | $894 | $8–$805 | B |
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.