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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Illinois 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$9.77$8.13 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$22.39 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $12 to $145Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $65professional $10

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
$11.75
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$109.65
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.48

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 14th of 51

$21.38

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.