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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 October 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.12$5.50 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$23.44 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $9

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
$13.18
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$19.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$51.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.77
2 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
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.63

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 16th of 51

$13.49

AK $29.51KY $6.31

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.