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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 October 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$6.31 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$17.38 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $39Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $20professional $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
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.80

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$17.78

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.