go back

Dibucaine Number Test

Illinois 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$9.33$9.33 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$16.60 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$64.57
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.18
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.45

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$10.47

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.