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Blood Albumin Test

Missouri 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$5.01$2.95 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.31 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $100Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.61
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
$2.09
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$1.12

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$5.89

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.