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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 July 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$10.23 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$11.22 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $9 to $51Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $25professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.18

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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· 43rd of 51

$10.47

ND $21.88CT $7.94

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.