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Prealbumin Blood Test

Illinois 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$11.22$8.71 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$19.50 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $15 to $79Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $31professional $11

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
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.85
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.63

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 50th of 51

$11.22

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.