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Galactokinase Enzyme Test, Red Blood Cells

Georgia rates for HCPCS 82759

A blood test that measures how well galactokinase, an enzyme inside red blood cells, is working. This enzyme takes the first step in breaking down galactose, a sugar found in milk; low activity indicates an inherited problem handling that sugar, which can lead to cataracts.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Galactokinase Enzyme Test, Red Blood Cells cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$14.13$10.72 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$21.38 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $74Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $42
$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $14

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
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$41.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$45.71
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
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.17

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$18.62

AK $47.86TX $16.22

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.