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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

New York 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$5.25 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$8.91 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $37Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $9

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
$5.25
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$26.92
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$63.10
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$25.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$19.50
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
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
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$2.24

Where New York 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.

New York· 49th of 51

$8.91

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.