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Galactokinase Enzyme Test, Red Blood Cells

Massachusetts 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$18.20 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$22.39 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $19 to $76Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60
$10$100$1Kfacility $31professional $21

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
$20.42
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$69.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$83.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$83.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$69.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$45.71
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
3 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
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$23.44

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.