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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 October 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$11.22$7.41 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $18Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50facility $18professional $11

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
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
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
$6.46
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Vermont 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· 19th of 51

$16.60

VT $89.13MD $10.96

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.