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Prealbumin Blood Test

Mississippi 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$16.60$10.96 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$15.49 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $13 to $126Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $17

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
$14.45
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$21.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 21st of 51

$18.62

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.