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Prealbumin Blood Test

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$8.71 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$21.38 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $10 to $120Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$57.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$29.51

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Vermont 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.

Nebraska· 30th of 51

$14.45

VT $89.13MD $10.96

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.