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Blood Albumin Test

Illinois 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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$3.98$3.47 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$6.61 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $30Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$4.07
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$41.69
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.89

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$4.90

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.