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Blood Albumin Test

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Albumin Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$3.89 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$12.30 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $4 to $72Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$2$10$50$200facility $23professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$12.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.92

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in West Virginia than in Kentucky. 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$15.14

WV $44.67KY $4.47

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.