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Blood Albumin Test

Maryland 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?

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $4.57 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$3.72$3.24 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$3.39 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $1 to $10Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10facility $5professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.75
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
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
$1.82
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.74

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$3.72

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.