Lab tests CPT 82040 Outpatient

Albumin test cost in McAllen, TX

In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for albumin blood test: from $4.00 to $634.45, with a median of $56.97. The lowest listed price is at Knapp Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $52.97 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $37.20 at 296 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Oct 6, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$4.00Knapp Medical Center + 1 more

Median$56.97half of hospitals charge less

Highest$634.45in this market

Difference158.6×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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.

median

Lowest $4.00Highest $634.45

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Knapp Medical Center lowest Weslaco, TX · (956) 968-8567 Hc Assay Of Serum Albumin File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$4.00	$50.16	$3.47–$50.16	92%
Mission Regional Medical Center lowest Mission, TX · (956) 323-9000 ASAY OF SERUM ALBUMIN LC123075+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$4.00	$49.74	$4.15–$45.10	92%
Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Albumin File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file	$109.94	$549.70	$4.16–$165.82	80%
Rio Grande Regional Hospital San Juan, TX · (956) 632-6000 Albumin; serum, plasma or whole blood +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$634.45	$634.45	$4.24–$539.28	—

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.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $4.00, median $56.97, highest $634.45 — a 158.6× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.