Basic metabolic panel at WakeMed Cary Hospital. CPT 80048.
What WakeMed Cary Hospital publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated February 11, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$10.45cash price (self-pay)
$32.40list price
$4.08–$185range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $5.17 |
| Carolina Complete | Managed Medicaid | $5.17 |
| Healthy Blue | Managed Medicaid | $5.17 |
| Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $5.17 |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8.46 |
| BCBS | Medicare Advantage | $8.46 |
| Cigna | Exchange | $8.82 |
| Cary - Alignment | Medicare Advantage | $8.88 |
| Cary - Liberty | Medicare Advantage | $10.15 |
| Cary - Pruitt | Medicare Advantage | $10.15 |
| Cary - Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $10.15 |
| Cary - Ambetter | Exchange | $12.37 |
| Aetna | Narrow Network | $13.50 |
| First Health | Coventry Carelink | $13.80 |
| BCBS | Commercial | $14.32 |
| Aetna | Preferred | $15.00 |
| Cigna | Commercial | $15.30 |
| Aetna | HMO PPO | $20.40 |
| Medcost | Commercial | $24.30 |
| PHCS | Commercial | $25.92 |
| First Health | Commercial | $28.51 |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $29.16 |
Inpatient
$10.45cash price (self-pay)
$32.40list price
$6.43–$185range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| BCBS | Commercial | $7.58 |
| Aetna | HMO PPO | $19.77 |
| Medcost | Commercial | $23.33 |
| PHCS | Commercial | $25.92 |
| First Health | Commercial | $28.51 |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $29.16 |
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