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Prealbumin Blood Test

Utah 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$13.18$10.96 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$47.86 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $30 to $89Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $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
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$66.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.42

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 40th of 51

$15.49

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.