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Blood Test For Average Blood Sugar Level

Washington 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 9 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 $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$12.88 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $9 to $98Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $58
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $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
$9.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.85
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.92
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.50
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$19.95

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 39th of 51

$11.75

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.