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Blood Albumin Test

Virginia 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.39$2.95 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$4.90 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $8professional $3

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
$3.72
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.25
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
$1.86
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.93

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$4.37

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.