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Extra Blood Draw For Glucose Tolerance Test

Minnesota 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$4.57$3.98 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$12.02 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $4 to $52Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $5

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
$3.72
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.12
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.93

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$8.13

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.