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Blood Albumin Test

Kansas 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.90$2.95 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$6.76 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $8professional $5

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
$4.90
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$10.23
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
$2.14
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.05

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$6.76

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.