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Dibucaine Number Test

Nebraska 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$7.41$7.41 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$23.99 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $7 to $100Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $7

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
$8.13
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$29.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$47.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$24.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 41st of 51

$10.00

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.