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Prealbumin Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$14.45$14.13 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$17.38 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $14 to $115Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $46professional $14

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
$13.80
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$32.36

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 48th of 51

$14.45

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.