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Glucose Tolerance Test

Louisiana 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 October 2026.

How much does Glucose Tolerance Test cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$10.00 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$18.20 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $46Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50facility $18professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Minnesota than in Maryland. 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$18.20

MN $43.65MD $10.23

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.