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Prealbumin Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$7.76 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$12.02 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $12

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
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
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
$3.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.95

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 39th of 51

$12.30

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.