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Prealbumin Blood Test

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 7 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$16.22$11.75 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$20.42 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $12 to $95Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $40
$5$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $16

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
$12.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 20th 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.