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Blood Albumin Test

Colorado 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$3.39$2.24 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$8.51 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $14professional $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
$3.72
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.75
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.63
3 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
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.47

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$5.75

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.