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Glucose Tolerance Test

Iowa 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$19.50$14.45 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$19.95 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $13 to $141Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $81
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $34professional $19

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
$16.60
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $28.84 · 4th 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.