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Glucose Tolerance Test

Minnesota 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 6 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$15.49$12.88 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$24.55 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $13 to $120Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $85
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $46professional $15

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
$12.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $17.78 · 15th 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.