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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Iowa 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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$7.76$4.68 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$7.94 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $8

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
$6.03
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$27.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$8.13

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.