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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Colorado 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$5.37$3.24 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$11.75 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $6 to $35Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $22professional $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
$5.89
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$9.12
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.17
3 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
$2.75
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.22

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$7.76

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.