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Prealbumin Blood Test

Arizona 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$7.94 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$14.13 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $10 to $68Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$10$20$50facility $29professional $9

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
$9.77
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$19.95
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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$12.30

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.