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Dibucaine Number Test

Missouri 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$12.02$7.41 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$16.22 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $100Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
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
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.82

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$14.79

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.