Lab tests CPT 82040 Outpatient

Albumin test cost in Manchester, NH

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for albumin blood test: from $35.10 to $62.53, with a median of $41.37. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph Hospital of Nashua — $6.27 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $47.59 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$35.10St Joseph Hospital of Nashua
Median$41.37half of hospitals charge less
Highest$62.53in this market
Difference1.8×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $35.10Highest $62.53

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC ALBUMIN+1 more line at this price source file $35.10 $90.00 — 61%
Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Albumin Serum Plasma/Whole Blood File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $35.15 $95.00 — 63%
Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 ALBUMIN-SERUM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $47.59 $79.31 — 40%
Southern NH Medical Center Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC ALBUMIN SERUM PLASMA/WHOLE BLOOD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $62.53 $169.00 — 63%
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 $35.10, median $41.37, highest $62.53 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $41.37. 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.