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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Tennessee 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$9.77$9.77 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$10.96 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $47Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$9.77
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.75

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 47th of 51

$9.77

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.