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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 July 2026.

How much does Dibucaine Number Test cost?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 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 6 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$10.00$8.13 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.30 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $10

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
$9.77
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$25.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.98

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 36th of 51

$11.48

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.