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Prealbumin Blood Test

New Jersey 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$12.88$10.96 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$20.42 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $17 to $178Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $50professional $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
$16.60
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$40.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.42

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 24th of 51

$17.78

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.