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Dibucaine Number Test

Kansas 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 5 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$10.72$10.23 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$13.49 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $46Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50facility $28professional $11

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
$12.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 29th of 51

$12.88

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.