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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Montana 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$12.88$11.22 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$14.45 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $12 to $141Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $60
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $54professional $13

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
$28.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$66,069.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.49

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 27th of 51

$14.13

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.