Need help getting the value of a hidden BoundField from code-behind

I have a Gridview with a dropdown in each row that will automatically postback and update the current row based on the serviceid. However I need to hide the first column as the end users are not interested in the ID. If I make the BoundField invisble the code-behind can't see it either. Does anyone have any ideas for a way to either hide the serviceid column or another approach?

I've included the Gridview and appropriate code below to give you an idea of what I'm trying to do. Thanks!

      <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" 
            DataSourceID="SqlDataSourceServices" BackColor="White" BorderColor="White" 
            BorderStyle="Ridge" BorderWidth="2px" CellPadding="3" CellSpacing="1" 
            GridLines="None" Width="800" DataKeyNames="serviceid" OnSelectedIndexChanged="GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged" >
            <RowStyle BackColor="#DEDFDE" ForeColor="Black" />
            <Columns>
                <asp:BoundField DataField="serviceid" InsertVisible="False" 
                    ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="serviceid" Visible="True" />
                <asp:BoundField DataField="servicename" HeaderText="Service" 
                    SortExpression="servicename" />
                <asp:BoundField DataField="servicetype" HeaderText="Service Type" 
                    SortExpression="servicetype" Visible="False" />
                <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Current">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                      <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlUpdateStatus" EnableViewState="true" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("status") %>' 
                            runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlUpdateStatus_SelectedIndexChanged">
                           <asp:ListItem value="0">0</asp:ListItem>
                           <asp:ListItem value="1">1</asp:ListItem>
                           <asp:ListItem value="2">2</asp:ListItem>
                           <asp:ListItem value="3">3</asp:ListItem>
                      </asp:DropDownList>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>

            </Columns>
        </asp:GridView>




    Protected Sub ddlUpdateStatus_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim ddlCurrentDropDownList As DropDownList = DirectCast(sender, DropDownList)
        Dim grdrDropDownRow As GridViewRow = DirectCast(ddlCurrentDropDownList.Parent.Parent, GridViewRow)
        Dim selectedStatus As Integer = ddlCurrentDropDownList.SelectedItem.Value
        Dim selectedLab As String = ddlLabList.SelectedValue
       	'get the value in the first column of the current row of the GridView for SQL update
	Dim selectedService As Integer = grdrDropDownRow.Cells(0).Text
	Me.lblService.Text = selectedSservice
	SqlDataSourceServices.Update()
    End Sub

    Private Sub SqlDataSourceServices_Updating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceCommandEventArgs) Handles 		SqlDataSourceServices.Updating
        e.Command.Parameters("@selectedService").Value = Me.lblService.Text
    End Sub

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