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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 July 2026.

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

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 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 $56.23 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 6 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$21.38$20.42 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$21.38 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $21 to $155Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $31
$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $21

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$154.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$47.86

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$21.38

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.