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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Connecticut 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.94$6.76 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$10.72 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $8

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.05
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$22.91
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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.48

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 45th of 51

$9.12

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.