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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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$8.71$6.03 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$8.91 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $43Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$1.0$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0facility $11professional $9

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$8.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in South Carolina than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $9.55 · 15th of 51
SC $19.05CT $5.75

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.