How much does basic metabolic panel (BMP) cost in California?
CPT 80048 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
80048 Basic metabolic panel (BMP)
Ask to pay
$17
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$206
Medicare $8
Ask $17
$1 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $2,184
What Medicare paysⓘ
$8
Typical price near you
$206
Cash / self-pay price
$225
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.1× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.2× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $2cash | 0.3× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $4cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $8cash | 0.9× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $9negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $9negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $10cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $13negotiated | 1.5× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $13negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $15cash | 1.8× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $27cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $45cash | 5.3× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $45cash | 5.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $45cash | 5.3× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $45cash | 5.3× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $58cash | 6.9× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $58cash | 6.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $59cash | 7.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $61cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $61cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $61cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $61cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $61cash | 7.2× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $66cash | 7.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $78cash | 9.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $98cash | 11.5× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $124cash | 14.7× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $136cash | 16.1× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $145cash | 17.1× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $146cash | 17.3× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $146cash | 17.3× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $172cash | 20.3× | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $173cash | 20.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $180cash | 21.3× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $184cash | 21.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $186cash | 21.9× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $193cash | 22.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $193cash | 22.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $193cash | 22.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $193cash | 22.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $202cash | 23.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $202cash | 23.9× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $206cash | 24.4× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $207cash | 24.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $221cash | 26.1× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $229cash | 27.1× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $239cash | 28.2× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $246cash | 29.0× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $248cash | 29.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $248cash | 29.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $248cash | 29.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $248cash | 29.4× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $263cash | 31.0× | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $263cash | 31.1× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $264cash | 31.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $264cash | 31.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $264cash | 31.2× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $264cash | 31.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $268cash | 31.7× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $281cash | 33.2× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $283cash | 33.5× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $293cash | 34.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $298cash | 35.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $356cash | 42.1× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $370cash | 43.7× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $383cash | 45.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $383cash | 45.3× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $383cash | 45.3× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $383cash | 45.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $383cash | 45.3× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $383cash | 45.3× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $383cash | 45.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $391cash | 46.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $392cash | 46.4× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $414cash | 48.9× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $432cash | 51.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $518cash | 61.2× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $548cash | 64.8× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $625cash | 73.8× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $693cash | 81.9× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $693cash | 81.9× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $693cash | 81.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $790cash | 93.4× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $856cash | 101.2× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) gross charge | Hospital | $1,401cash | 165.6× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) gross charge | Hospital | $1,605cash | 189.7× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $1,753cash | 207.2× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) gross charge | Hospital | $1,756cash | 207.6× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $2,184cash | 258.2× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 9 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 80048 (Basic metabolic panel (BMP)), Medicare's benchmark rate is $8.46. A fair self-pay target for this line is $16.92. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 80048 is $225.22, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $61.00–$383.00. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 80048 cost in California?
For basic metabolic panel (BMP) (CPT 80048) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $206, with hospitals ranging from $61 to $383 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $8, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does basic metabolic panel (BMP) cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for basic metabolic panel (BMP) (CPT 80048) in California is around $206, with hospital prices ranging from $61 to $383 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 80048?
Medicare pays about $8 for basic metabolic panel (BMP) (CPT 80048). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of basic metabolic panel (BMP)?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.