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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 October 2026.

How much does Dibucaine Number Test cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$7.41 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$28.84 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $20 to $46Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25
$10$20$50facility $30professional $12

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
$12.30
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$25.70
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
$5.25
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.57

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$28.84

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.