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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82042

Measures how much albumin, the main protein carried in the bloodstream, is present in a fluid other than blood, such as urine or spinal fluid. Albumin should mostly stay inside blood vessels, so finding it elsewhere points to a leak, most often through the kidneys. The result is reported as a measured amount for each sample tested.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid cost?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.27$3.24 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$7.08 to $7.08

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $7Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $4

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
$8.91
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.68
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
$3.16
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 27th of 51

$7.08

AK $17.38KY $4.68

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.