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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 July 2026.

How much does Glucose Tolerance Test cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 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$10.23$10.00 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$20.42 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $10 to $195Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $62professional $10

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
$10.00
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78

Where South 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.

South Carolina $18.20 · 13th 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.