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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Colorado 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 7 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$10.00$8.71 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$17.38 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $10 to $66Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $10

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
$8.32
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.85
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.72

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 27th of 51

$12.30

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.