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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7.94 to $10.47.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $24Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20facility $9professional $10

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 35th of 51

$9.77

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.