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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 October 2026.

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

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$5.01$3.89 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$11.75 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $45Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$3.09
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.01
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
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.63

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$7.94

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.