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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Maryland 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.47 to $6.17.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$1$2$5$10facility $7professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
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
$2.88
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$5.75

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.