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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Kentucky 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$8.51$7.76 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$22.91 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $10 to $158Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $83professional $9

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
$9.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.85

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$9.77

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.