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Glucose Tolerance Test

Virginia 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$7.76 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$12.88 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $63Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $9

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
$9.55
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.77
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.72
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
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.45

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$11.75

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.