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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$6.03$5.37 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$10.72 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $50Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18
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
$2.88
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.63

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$6.31

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.