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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 October 2026.

How much does Glucose Tolerance Test cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$12.30$10.23 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$10.23 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $48Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19
$10$20$50facility $13professional $12

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
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$12.30

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.