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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 8 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 $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$13.18 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $63Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $16professional $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
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.22
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.47
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
$4.90
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.34

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$9.77

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.