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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$8.71$8.13 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$51.29 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $12 to $83Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $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
$18.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$36.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$23.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.12
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 37th 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.