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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

South Dakota 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 7 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$9.55 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$50.12 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $44 to $129Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $66
$10$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $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
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$66.07
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.45
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.49
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.49
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 2nd of 51

$44.67

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.