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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 July 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 6 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$13.18$10.96 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$13.18 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $126Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $13

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
$10.72
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$13.49

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.