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Prealbumin Blood Test

Georgia 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$9.77$7.24 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$14.45 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $50Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $29
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.90
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
$4.79
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.82

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$12.88

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.