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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 July 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 5 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$10.00$5.25 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$10.72 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $10

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
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$10.47

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.