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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Mississippi 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.41$3.80 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$10.23 to $10.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $14Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$2$5$10facility $10professional $7

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
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$13.18

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 11th of 51

$9.33

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.