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Galactokinase Enzyme Test, Red Blood Cells

Minnesota 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 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$21.38$17.78 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$20.42 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $20 to $112Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $41
$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $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
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$154.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$50.12
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$21.38

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.