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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 July 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 6 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$12.02$10.96 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$14.45 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $14 to $170Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $12

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
$51.29
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.22

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 44th of 51

$14.45

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.