# Metabolic Panel (8), Basic

> This test measures eight key substances in your blood, including glucose (sugar), calcium, electrolytes, and waste products filtered by your kidneys. It helps show whether your body’s fluid balance and blood sugar are stable and how efficiently your kidneys are functioning. These results assist in ruling out or monitoring conditions like dehydration, kidney disease, or diabetes. However, this test does not evaluate liver function or diagnose the specific cause of an electrolyte imbalance without further investigation.

- Labcorp code: 322758
- Category: [Heart & Metabolic](https://app.picardo.health/labs/tests/heart-metabolic.md)
- Price: shown at checkout, before payment.
- Blood draw: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=322758&ref=assistant

## About ordering

A licensed physician reviews every order before any test is run, and results arrive in the person's Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.