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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 October 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$14.45 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$38.02 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $19 to $107Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $25

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
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.34

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$37.15

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.