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Blood Albumin Test

Arizona 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?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.95$2.82 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$4.79 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $23Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $3

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
$3.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.90
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
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.66

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$4.17

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.