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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 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 $13.18 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$10.47 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$12.30 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $98Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $13

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
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.90
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.16

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 19th 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.