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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 October 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$7.76 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$14.45 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $76Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $22professional $10

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
$10.96
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.14
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
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.75

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$12.02

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.