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Extra Blood Draw For Glucose Tolerance Test

Maryland 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?

$3.16

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $2.88 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$3.16$2.82 to $3.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.88$2.57 to $5.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10facility $3professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$9.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.37
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
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
$1.45
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.59

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$3.16

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.