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Blood Albumin Test

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 82040

This blood test measures albumin, a protein made by the liver that helps keep fluid in the bloodstream and carries substances throughout the body. Low levels can be a sign of liver disease, kidney problems, malnutrition, or inflammation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Albumin Test cost?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.90$3.39 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$5.62 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $8Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10facility $6professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.24
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$9.55
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Vermont than in Georgia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arkansas· 20th of 51

$5.62

VT $33.88GA $3.63

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.