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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Virginia 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$8.51$7.24 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$22.39 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $10 to $151Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21
$5$20$100$500facility $72professional $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
$13.80
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.42
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.23

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 51

$16.60

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.