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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Kansas 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$13.18$7.94 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$21.88 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $23professional $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
$6.61
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.62
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
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.82

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 2nd of 51

$21.88

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.