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Blood Albumin Test

Vermont 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 5 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$4.47$4.47 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$31.62 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $8 to $78Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.49

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 50th of 51

$4.47

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.