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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 October 2026.

How much does Glucose Tolerance Test cost?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$15.14$13.18 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$47.86 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $13 to $186Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $29
$10$20$50$100$200facility $68professional $15

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
$12.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.20
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.09

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$43.65

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.