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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Kentucky 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.37$3.24 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$6.61 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20facility $8professional $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
$1.58
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.51
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
$0.79
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$4.68

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.