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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

South 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$9.12$7.59 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$20.42 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $8 to $155Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $68professional $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
$7.94
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.49

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$33.88

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.