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Blood Albumin Test

Georgia 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?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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$3.63$2.45 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$4.68 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $4

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
$4.27
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$10.47
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
$1.66
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$0.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$4.90

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 51st of 51

$3.63

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.