Lab tests CPT 82040 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Albumin test cost in Salem, OR — inpatient

In Salem, OR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for albumin blood test as an inpatient: from $5.25 to $22.79, with a median of $22.79. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Silverton Medical Center — $17.54 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $25.50 at 47 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 82040, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$5.25Legacy Silverton Medical Center
Median$22.79half pay less
Highest$22.79in this market
Difference4.3×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 Salem, OR.

median
Lowest $5.25Highest $69.89

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Legacy Silverton Medical Center lowest Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC OLIGOCLONAL BAND PROFILE PART 2 $5.25 $8.08 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Hospital Salem, OR · (503) 561-5200 HCHRG ALBUMIN, SERUM $22.79 $43.00 — 47% Apr 1, 2026
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West Valley Hospital Dallas, OR · (503) 623-8301 HCHRG ALBUMIN, SERUM $22.79 $43.00 — 47% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC ALBUMIN $33.80 $52.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC TESTOSTERONE FT FEMALE OR CHILD PART 3 $69.89 $107.53 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $5.25, median $22.79, highest $22.79 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $22.79 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, ORHC TESTOSTERONE FREE AND TOT MALE PART 3 $2.83 file