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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$4.79 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$14.45 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $43Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $20professional $10

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
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.18
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
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.09

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 22nd 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.