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Ischemia-Modified Albumin Blood Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 82045

A blood test that measures ischemia-modified albumin, a form of the blood protein albumin that changes shape when tissue is short of oxygen. It has been used as one input when chest pain is being assessed and a heart problem is suspected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ischemia-Modified Albumin Blood Test cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$22.91 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$26.92 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $25 to $155Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $17 to $49
$20$50$100facility $49professional $27

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$26.92

AK $75.86OK $25.12

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.