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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Washington 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$11.75$6.92 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$13.80 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $36Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $12

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
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.44
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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.51

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 24th of 51

$12.30

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.