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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 July 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$12.88$9.55 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$29.51 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $14 to $138Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $95
$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $13

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
$21.38
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.22
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$29.51

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$32.36

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.