Basic metabolic panel, total calcium at Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

*HC POC BASIC METABOLIC PANEL(8 TESTS)

Orleans, LA

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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $12 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($17), higher than 37% of the 2,624 hospitals reporting CPT 80048. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 80048 at Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 12 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$7.61	$7.61	$7.61 – $7.61
2	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$8.46	$8.46	$8.46 – $8.46
3	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$8.46	$8.46	$8.46 – $8.46
4	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$8.46	$8.46	$8.46 – $8.46
5	Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$8.66	$8.66	$7.59 – $9.73
6	Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$8.71	$8.71	$8.71 – $8.71
7	Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$8.71	$8.71	$8.71 – $8.71
8	Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$12.16	$13.92	$8.46 – $22.47
9	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$29.61	$29.61	$28.35 – $30.86
10	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$40.83	$40.83	$40.83 – $40.83
11	First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$67.13	$67.13	$45.75 – $88.50
12	MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient	$71.60	$71.60	$48.80 – $94.40

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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