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Prealbumin Blood Test

Montana 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$18.20$16.60 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$19.50 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $158Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $45
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $28professional $18

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
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$83.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.42

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 19th of 51

$19.05

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.