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Blood Albumin Test

Minnesota 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.89$4.68 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$19.05 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $9 to $71Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $6

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
$8.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$11.48
5 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
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.90

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$22.39

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.