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Prealbumin Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84134

This blood test measures the level of prealbumin, a protein made by the liver that reflects a person's recent nutritional status. It is used to help assess malnutrition or monitor nutritional recovery, since its level changes more quickly than some other nutrition-related blood markers.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$12.59 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$16.60 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $89Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.42

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in West Virginia than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$16.22

WV $89.13MD $13.49

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.