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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

North Carolina 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 8 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$9.77$8.32 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$28.84 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $10 to $145Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $62professional $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
$9.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.49
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$22.91

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.