Basic metabolic panel at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. CPT 80048.

What Bakersfield Memorial Hospital publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated February 28, 2026.

Outpatient / ER

$34.50cash price (self-pay)

$445list price

$8.46–$716range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
Aetna \| Medicare\|All Plans	$8.46
BCBS - Anthem \| Medicare\|All Other Plans	$8.46
Blue Shield CA \| Medicare\|All Plans	$8.46
HPN \| Medicare\|All Plans	$8.46
BrightHealth \| Commercial\|All Plans	$8.97
BCBS - Anthem \| Medicare\|Burn	$9.31
United \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$10.15
United \| Commercial\|HMO	$10.15
United \| Commercial\|Non-Options PPO	$10.15
United \| Commercial\|Options PPO	$10.15
Kern Health System \| Medicaid\|< 21	$10.21
Kern Health System \| Medicaid\|> 21	$10.21
Care 1st \| Medicaid\|< 21	$10.43
Care 1st \| Medicaid\|> 21	$10.43
Kaiser \| Medicaid\|< 21	$10.43
Kaiser \| Medicaid\|> 21	$10.43
LA Care \| Medicaid\|< 21	$10.43
LA Care \| Medicaid\|> 21	$10.43
Molina \| Medicaid\|< 21	$10.43
Partnership Health Plan \| Medicaid\|< 21	$10.43
Partnership Health Plan \| Medicaid\|> 21	$10.43
Kaiser \| Commercial\|All Plans	$11.51
BCBS - Anthem \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$14.61
Cigna \| Commercial\|All Other Plans	$24.32
Cigna \| Commercial\|PPO	$24.32
Health Net \| Medicaid\|GemCare	$25.14
Health Net \| Medicaid\|Non-GemCare	$34.00
Aetna \| Commercial\|HMO	$43.64
Aetna \| Commercial\|PPO	$46.96
BCBS - Anthem \| Commercial\|Exchange	$79.25

$246cash price (self-pay)

$733list price

$468–$629range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
First Health \| Commercial\|All Plans	$513
Healthsmart \| Commercial\|All Plans	$557
MultiPlan \| Commercial\|All Plans	$579

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