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Extra Blood Draw For Glucose Tolerance Test

South Carolina 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 6 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$3.16$3.09 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$7.24 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $3 to $62Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $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
$3.09
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.50

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$7.24

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.