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Prealbumin Blood Test

South 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$11.75$11.48 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$37.15 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $13 to $132Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $42
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $95professional $12

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
$11.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$46.77

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.