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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 July 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$11.22 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$22.39 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $14 to $219Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$141.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in West Virginia 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· 14th of 51

$20.89

WV $89.13MD $13.49

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.