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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Massachusetts 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 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 $24.55 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 8 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$13.18$8.71 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$15.14 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $25professional $13

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
$7.41
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$34.67
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.20

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$13.18

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.