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Glucose Tolerance Test

South 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$12.88 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$34.67 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $15 to $132Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $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
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.78
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.04

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$26.92

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.