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Prealbumin Blood Test

South Dakota 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$28.18$13.18 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$51.29 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $55
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $28

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
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$54.95
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$35.48

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.