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Extra Blood Draw For Glucose Tolerance Test

Louisiana 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 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$4.17$3.47 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$4.79 to $10.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $4

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
$4.17
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$16.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.75

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$4.79

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.