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Extra Blood Draw For Glucose Tolerance Test

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 82952

This covers an additional blood sample collected beyond the standard set during a glucose tolerance test, a test that measures how the body processes sugar over time after drinking a sugary solution. It is billed separately when a doctor needs more blood samples than the routine test includes to get a fuller picture of blood sugar response.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Blood Draw For Glucose Tolerance Test cost?

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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 5 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$2.95$2.95 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$2.95 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $20Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $3

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
$2.95
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$5.01

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$2.95

SD $9.12DC $2.95

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.