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Prealbumin Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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$10.96$9.12 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$9.55 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$5$10$20facility $10professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
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
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$10.96

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.