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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Louisiana 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$9.55$8.32 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$12.59 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $10 to $95Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $31professional $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
$10.23
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.49

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$11.75

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.