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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Georgia 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 Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.76$5.25 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$11.75 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $46Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $7

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
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$15.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$27.54
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
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.51

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 46th 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.