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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 October 2026.

How much does Dibucaine Number Test cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$6.31 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $18Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.00
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Kansas 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· 17th of 51

$14.13

KS $28.84MD $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.