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Dibucaine Number Test

Nevada 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$9.12 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$10.23 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $66Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$9.55
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 44th of 51

$10.23

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.