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Prealbumin Blood Test

Indiana 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$9.55$6.92 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$13.49 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $44Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $14professional $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
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.78
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
$5.50
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$8.32

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$11.75

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.