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Prealbumin Blood Test

Louisiana 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 5 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$15.49$11.48 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$17.78 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $15

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
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.49

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$17.78

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.