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Glucose Tolerance Test

North Carolina 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$12.88$10.96 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$16.98 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $11 to $141Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $22
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $43professional $13

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
$10.72
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $16.60 · 16th 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.