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Dibucaine Number Test

Iowa 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 7 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$12.30$9.33 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$12.30 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $81
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $12

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
$9.33
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$14.79

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.