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Prealbumin Blood Test

Connecticut 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$10.00$7.41 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$16.98 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $14 to $40Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$20$50facility $20professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.70
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
$5.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 34th of 51

$13.80

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.