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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Washington, DC 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 5 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$7.24$7.24 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$21.88 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $12 to $178Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $7

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
$17.78
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.60

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 3rd of 51

$35.48

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.