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Galactokinase Enzyme Test, Red Blood Cells

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 5 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$23.99$18.20 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$25.70 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $21 to $78Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $13 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $24

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
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$41.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.20

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$26.30

HI $38.90DC $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.