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Galactokinase Enzyme Test, Red Blood Cells

Indiana 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$14.45$9.12 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$19.50 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $72Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $39
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $21professional $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
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$58.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
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
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$19.05

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 43rd of 51

$17.38

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.