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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82965

A blood test that measures glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme found deep inside liver cells. Because it is held within the cell rather than on its surface, a raised level in the blood signals that liver cells themselves have been damaged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 4 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$10.72$8.71 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$13.18 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $25Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$5$10$20facility $17professional $11

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
$13.18
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.72

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 11th of 51

$15.14

ND $21.88CT $7.94

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.