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Blood Albumin Test

Indiana 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $4.90 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$2.95 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.90$4.90 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$10$100$1Kfacility $5professional $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
$5.50
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.59
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.03
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
$1.86
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$2.82

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 38th of 51

$4.47

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.