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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Minnesota 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$11.75$9.12 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$37.15 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $13 to $100Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $65
$5$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $12

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
$30.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 19th of 51

$17.78

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.