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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Minnesota 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$9.12$7.24 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$15.14 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $8 to $62Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $28professional $9

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
$7.24
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$57.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$18.20
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.86

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$15.14

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.