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Dibucaine Number Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82638

A laboratory test that checks how a particular blood enzyme behaves when a chemical is added to it, in order to identify people who carry an unusual form of that enzyme. Those with the unusual form break down certain muscle-relaxing anesthetic drugs very slowly and can stay paralyzed and need breathing support far longer than expected. It is used after such a reaction and to check relatives.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dibucaine Number Test cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$10.00 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$14.13 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $25Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $14
$10$20facility $17professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.98

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 21st of 51

$14.13

HI $22.39MD $9.12

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.