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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Basic metabolic blood panel with ionized calcium

CPT 80047the billing code this page is about

A group of blood tests measuring blood sugar, kidney function, electrolytes, and the active (ionized) form of calcium, run together as one panel.

Hospitals typically charge $97 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,900 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $109. Most fall between $37 and $220 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,900
States
49
Filings dated
Nov 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,900 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$20$44$97$197$340

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $340).

How the prices are spread

$14 – $21: 115 hospitals$14$21 – $32: 87 hospitals$32 – $47: 198 hospitals$32$47 – $70: 231 hospitals$70 – $103: 261 hospitals$70$103 – $153: 250 hospitals$153 – $227: 313 hospitals$153$227 – $336: 161 hospitals$336 – $498: 72 hospitals$336$498 – $739: 25 hospitals$498median $97price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,713 of 1,900 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$14$21115
$21$3287
$32$47198
$47$70231
$70$103261
$103$153250
$153$227313
$227$336161
$336$49872
$498$73925

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $97.

Alaska: median $214 across 11 hospitalsAK$214Maine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: median $71 across 13 hospitalsNH$71Washington: median $49 across 39 hospitalsWA$49Idaho: median $64 across 17 hospitalsID$64Montana: median $64 across 14 hospitalsMT$64North Dakota: median $77 across 15 hospitalsND$77Minnesota: median $85 across 76 hospitalsMN$85Illinois: median $141 across 79 hospitalsIL$141Wisconsin: median $92 across 77 hospitalsWI$92Michigan: median $49 across 31 hospitalsMI$49New York: median $41 across 47 hospitalsNY$41Massachusetts: median $69 across 26 hospitalsMA$69Oregon: median $46 across 25 hospitalsOR$46Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $151 across 13 hospitalsSD$151Iowa: median $69 across 32 hospitalsIA$69Indiana: median $58 across 65 hospitalsIN$58Ohio: median $71 across 96 hospitalsOH$71Pennsylvania: median $70 across 63 hospitalsPA$70New Jersey: median $15 across 35 hospitalsNJ$15Connecticut: median $43 across 13 hospitalsCT$43Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $204 across 111 hospitalsCA$204Utah: median $188 across 29 hospitalsUT$188Colorado: median $92 across 51 hospitalsCO$92Nebraska: median $123 across 27 hospitalsNE$123Missouri: median $89 across 38 hospitalsMO$89Kentucky: median $84 across 41 hospitalsKY$84West Virginia: median $64 across 19 hospitalsWV$64Virginia: median $169 across 59 hospitalsVA$169Maryland: median $29 across 18 hospitalsMD$29Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $41 across 28 hospitalsAZ$41New Mexico: median $44 across 10 hospitalsNM$44Kansas: median $44 across 25 hospitalsKS$44Arkansas: median $105 across 25 hospitalsAR$105Tennessee: median $47 across 43 hospitalsTN$47North Carolina: median $171 across 48 hospitalsNC$171South Carolina: median $275 across 33 hospitalsSC$275Oklahoma: median $51 across 45 hospitalsOK$51Louisiana: median $33 across 29 hospitalsLA$33Mississippi: median $20 across 31 hospitalsMS$20Alabama: median $131 across 24 hospitalsAL$131Georgia: median $153 across 58 hospitalsGA$153Hawaii: median $68 across 12 hospitalsHI$68Texas: median $255 across 165 hospitalsTX$255Florida: median $212 across 116 hospitalsFL$212
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $97. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC33$275+184%$203 – $292
Texas TX165$255+163%$96 – $922
Alaska AK11$214+120%$82 – $256
Florida FL116$212+118%$101 – $1,219
California CA111$204+111%$64 – $364
Utah UT29$188+94%$166 – $221
North Carolina NC48$171+76%$110 – $258
Virginia VA59$169+74%$96 – $204
Georgia GA58$153+58%$82 – $171
South Dakota SD13$151+56%$58 – $316
Illinois IL79$141+45%$57 – $197
Alabama AL24$131+35%$37 – $186
Nebraska NE27$123+26%$59 – $195
Arkansas AR25$105+8%$64 – $126
Colorado CO51$92−5%$33 – $134
Wisconsin WI77$92−6%$67 – $151
Missouri MO38$89−8%$42 – $199
Minnesota MN76$85−12%$41 – $158
Kentucky KY41$84−14%$61 – $151
North Dakota ND15$77−21%$52 – $105
Ohio OH96$71−27%$47 – $142
New Hampshire NH13$71−27%$19 – $225
Pennsylvania PA63$70−27%$13 – $214
Massachusetts MA26$69−29%$43 – $229
Iowa IA32$69−29%$59 – $152
Hawaii HI12$68−30%$48 – $88
Idaho ID17$64−34%$46 – $149
Montana MT14$64−34%$44 – $126
West Virginia WV19$64−34%$39 – $163
Indiana IN65$58−41%$20 – $159
Oklahoma OK45$51−47%$25 – $111
Washington WA39$49−49%$25 – $100
Michigan MI31$49−49%$19 – $92
Tennessee TN43$47−52%$18 – $145
Oregon OR25$46−53%$38 – $80
Kansas KS25$44−55%$21 – $125
New Mexico NM10$44−55%$32 – $67
Connecticut CT13$43−56%$30 – $97
Arizona AZ28$41−58%$30 – $390
New York NY47$41−58%$14 – $113
Louisiana LA29$33−66%$20 – $62
Maryland MD18$29−70%$24 – $39
Mississippi MS31$20−80%$16 – $67
New Jersey NJ35$15−84%$14 – $16
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $97.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,484$100$35 – $235
Children’s45$91$63 – $294
Critical access365$96$44 – $172
Ownership
For-profit309$169$43 – $1,067
Government254$97$37 – $207
Non-profit1,331$92$35 – $203
System affiliation
Part of a system1,659$102$40 – $221
Independent241$76$33 – $193

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$172
Median cash price$97
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,338 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $106 and the average of the middle 60% is $116; most fall between $42 and $218.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,338 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$28$53$106$202$292

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($28 vs $292).

Of the 1,469 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,338 gave a usable cash price; 80 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,900 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,051 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,900
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here89
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded61
Hospitals that filed this code2,051

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Chem 8 Panel, POC 59.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Basic metabolic blood panel with ionized calcium (CPT 80047) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80047-basic-metabolic-blood-panel-with-ionized-calcium