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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Iowa 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$11.22$9.55 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$13.18 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $38Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $87
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$10.23
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$25.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$14.13

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.