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Albumin Measured In Urine Or Other Fluid

Virginia 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.37$3.24 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$7.76 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $35Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $5

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
$5.89
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.32
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.01
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
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.38

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$5.89

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.