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Dibucaine Number Test

Massachusetts 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 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. 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 8 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$11.75 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$17.38 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $12 to $60Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $37
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $30professional $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
$12.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$54.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$31.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$37.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.90

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$13.80

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.