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Dibucaine Number Test

Georgia 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$6.03 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.30 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $43Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $24
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $8

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
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.70
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
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.40

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 36th of 51

$10.72

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.