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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 October 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$13.18$7.94 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$11.75 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $29
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $13

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
$10.23
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.85
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$13.18

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.