Lab tests CPT 82040 Outpatient

Albumin test cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for albumin blood test: from $6.66 to $59.15, with a median of $32.91. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $26.25 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $30.28 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 82040, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$6.66Logan Health Medical Center

Median$32.91half of hospitals charge less

Highest$59.15in this market

Difference8.9×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kalispell, MT.

median

Lowest $6.66Highest $65.16

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 REF-PNL ALBUMIN, SERUM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$6.66	$10.25	—	35%
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 ALBUM; SER PLASMA OR WHOLE BLO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$7.80	$12.00	—	35%
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 CHEM-ALBUMIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$17.55	$27.00	—	35%
Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 REF-ASSAY OF SERUM ALBUMIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$59.15	$91.00	—	35%
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 REF-ASSAY OF SERUM ALBUMIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$65.16	$100.25	—	35%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $6.66, median $32.91, highest $59.15 — a 8.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $32.91. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

An albumin test measures the main protein in blood plasma, made by the liver. Low levels point to liver disease, kidney protein loss or poor nutrition.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.