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Glucose Tolerance Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 82951

This test checks how your body processes sugar over time by measuring blood glucose from a baseline sample and two additional blood draws taken after you drink a sugary solution, for three samples total. It's commonly used to help diagnose diabetes or gestational diabetes when a single blood sugar reading isn't enough for a clear answer. The multiple readings show how quickly your blood sugar rises and returns to normal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glucose Tolerance Test cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 7 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$11.22$9.77 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$16.60 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $10 to $98Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $15
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $37professional $11

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
$44.67
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.22
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $12.30 · 42nd of 51
SD $54.95DC $9.55

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.