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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 October 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$7.41 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$11.48 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $38Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $35
$10$100$1Kfacility $18professional $11

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
$7.41
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$51.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$45.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$27.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
3 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
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st 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.