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Prealbumin Blood Test

Kansas 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$8.71 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$30.90 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $49Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50facility $32professional $14

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
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$30.20
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
$6.31
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.09

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 4th of 51

$30.90

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.