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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 October 2026.

How much does Dibucaine Number Test cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 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 $17.78 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$10.23 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$12.88 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $44Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $34
$10$100$1Kfacility $18professional $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
$11.75
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$38.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$46.77
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$47.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$38.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$25.70
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.38
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
3 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
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.75
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$13.80

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.