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Prealbumin Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 8 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$10.96 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$15.49 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $14 to $155Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $35professional $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
$16.98
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.22
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.90
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.14

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th of 51

$14.45

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.