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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Colorado rates for HCPCS 83036

This blood test measures a form of hemoglobin that reflects average blood sugar levels over roughly the past two to three months, rather than the blood sugar level at a single moment. It's widely used to diagnose and monitor diabetes and prediabetes. A small blood sample is all that's needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 7 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$8.32$7.41 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$19.95 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $9 to $200Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $49professional $8

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
$9.33
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.22
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.12

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in West Virginia than in Alabama. 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.

Colorado· 31st of 51

$12.30

WV $87.10AL $8.71

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.