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Prealbumin Blood Test

Colorado 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$7.08 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$21.88 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $11 to $66Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $10

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
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$21.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$56.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
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
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.95

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 27th of 51

$14.79

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.