Lab tests CPT 82040 Outpatient

Albumin test cost in Lafayette, LA

In Lafayette, LA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for albumin blood test: from $3.68 to $35.25, with a median of $7.20. The lowest listed price is at Acadia General Hospital — $3.52 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $14.16 at 54 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 cities for code 82040, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 9, 2026.

Lowest$3.68Acadia General Hospital
Median$7.20half pay less
Highest$35.25in this market
Difference9.6×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 Lafayette, LA.

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Lowest $3.68Highest $35.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Acadia General Hospital lowest Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC ALBUMIN-SERUM $3.68 $16.00 $2.48–$12.54 77% —
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Acadia General Hospital lowest Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 *HC ALBUMIN-CSF $3.68 $16.00 $2.48–$12.54 77% —
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Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 *HC ALBUMIN-CSF $4.16 $16.00 $2.48–$11.49 74% —
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Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC ALBUMIN-SERUM $4.16 $16.00 $2.48–$11.49 74% —
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Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC ALBUMIN-SERUM $4.80 $16.00 $3.52–$14.56 70% —
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Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 *HC ALBUMIN-CSF $4.80 $16.00 $3.52–$14.56 70% —
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Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC ALBUMIN (RL) $6.21 $27.00 $2.48–$21.17 77% —
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Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC IGG INDEX-ALBUMIN SERUM $6.21 $27.00 $2.48–$21.17 77% —
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Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC ALBUMIN-SERUM $7.20 $16.00 $4.95–$11.27 55% —
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Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 *HC ALBUMIN-CSF $7.20 $16.00 $4.95–$11.27 55% —
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Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC ALBUMIN (RL) $7.80 $30.00 $2.48–$16.41 74% —
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Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC IGG INDEX-ALBUMIN SERUM $7.80 $30.00 $2.48–$16.41 74% —
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Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC IGG INDEX-ALBUMIN SERUM $13.44 $64.00 $4.93–$38.40 79% —
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Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC ALBUMIN (RL) $13.44 $64.00 $4.93–$38.40 79% —
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Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC IGG INDEX-ALBUMIN SERUM $14.40 $48.00 $4.95–$43.68 70% —
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Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC ALBUMIN (RL) $14.40 $48.00 $4.95–$43.68 70% —
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Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC ALBUMIN (RL) $16.20 $36.00 $4.95–$25.20 55% —
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Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC IGG INDEX-ALBUMIN SERUM $16.20 $36.00 $4.95–$25.20 55% —
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Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 LABCORP ALB $22.28 $29.70 — 25% —
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Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 ALBUMIN $26.25 $35.00 — 25% —
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Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 ASSAY OF SERUM ALBUMIN $35.25 $117.50 $3.96–$117.50 70% Jun 9, 2026
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Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 ALBUMIN SERUM $35.25 $117.50 $3.96–$117.50 70% Jun 9, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $3.68, median $7.20, highest $35.25 — a 9.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $7.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 6 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82040 ($33.75). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LAHC ALBUMIN-SERUM $3.36 file
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA*HC ALBUMIN-CSF $3.36 file