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Dibucaine Number Test

Mississippi 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 4 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$13.18$9.77 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$12.30 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20facility $20professional $13

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
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 19th of 51

$14.13

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.