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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 October 2026.

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

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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$3.89$2.95 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$5.50 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $4

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
$4.17
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.50

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Vermont than in New Jersey. 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· 12th of 51

$5.50

VT $22.39NJ $2.75

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.