Blood glucose test cost in Lincoln, NE
In Lincoln, NE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Blood glucose (sugar) test: from $24.84 to $39.00, with a median of $31.92. The lowest listed price is at Nebraska Heart Hospital — $7.08 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $34.71 at 16 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 82947, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lincoln, NE.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Heart Hospital lowest Lincoln, NE HC GMLUCOSE | $24.84 | $54.00 | $3.80–$44.28 | 54% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Heart Hospital Lincoln, NE HC HEART CHECK GMLUCOSE | $28.52 | $62.00 | $3.80–$50.84 | 54% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln, NE HC GLUCOSE | $39.00 | $78.00 | $3.80–$66.30 | 50% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $24.84, median $31.92, highest $39.00 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $31.92. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This test measures the sugar in a blood sample. Fasting glucose is a standard test for diabetes and prediabetes.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82947 ($31.20). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln, NEHC HEART CHECK GLUCOSE | $1.50 | file |