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Prealbumin Blood Test

Arkansas 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 7 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$12.02$10.96 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$17.38 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $120Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $31
$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $12

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
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 11th of 51

$22.91

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.