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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 July 2026.

How much does Dibucaine Number Test cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 6 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$9.77$8.13 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$15.49 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $8 to $148Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $81
$5$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $10

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
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$24.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$18.62

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.