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Dibucaine Number Test

Indiana 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$8.51$6.03 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$11.75 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $22
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $12professional $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
$20.42
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.11
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.79
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
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$9.77

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 44th of 51

$10.00

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.