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Blood Albumin Test

Florida 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$2.88 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$4.90 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $21Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $34
$2$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $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
$3.80
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.47
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.03
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.77
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$26.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
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
$1.70
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.91

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 39th of 51

$4.37

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.