1-hour glucose test cost in Atlanta, GA
In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 34 hospitals list a cash price for glucose challenge test (1-hour glucose after a sugar drink): from $23.60 to $164.00, with a median of $77.61. The lowest listed price is at Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica and 3 other hospitals — $54.01 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $44.25 at 82 hospitals.
- The median here, $77.61, is 83% above the US median of $42.35.
- That is 16.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.75).
- 10 of 34 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 34 facilities across 24 cities for code 82950, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 24, 2026 and Jul 1, 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica lowest Villa Rica, GA · (770) 456-3101 GLUCOSE TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $23.60 | $59.00 | $4.75–$5.70 | 60% |
| Higgins General Hospital lowest Bremen, GA · (770) 812-2000 GLUCOSE TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $23.60 | $59.00 | — | 60% |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton lowest Carrollton, GA · (770) 836-9580 GLUCOSE TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $23.60 | $59.00 | $4.75–$5.22 | 60% |
| Willowbrooke at Tanner lowest Villa Rica, GA · (770) 456-3101 GLUCOSE TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $23.60 | $59.00 | $4.75–$5.22 | 60% |
| Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica Villa Rica, GA · (770) 456-3101 BLOOD GLUCOSE (SUGAR) LEVEL AFTER RECEIVING DOSE OF GLUCOSE File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $36.80 | $92.00 | $4.75–$5.70 | 60% |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA · (770) 836-9580 BLOOD GLUCOSE (SUGAR) LEVEL AFTER RECEIVING DOSE OF GLUCOSE File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $36.80 | $92.00 | $4.75–$5.22 | 60% |
| Warm Springs Medical Center Warm Springs, GA · (706) 655-9351 GLUCOSE 2 HR PP File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $37.00 | $74.00 | $29.00–$65.00 | 50% |
| Piedmont Eastside Snellville, GA · (770) 979-0200 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$112.50 | 70% |
| Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta, GA · (404) 605-5000 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.13–$106.25 | 70% |
| Piedmont Cartersville Cartersville, GA · (470) 490-1000 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$112.50 | 70% |
| Piedmont Fayette Fayetteville, GA · (770) 719-7000 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$106.25 | 70% |
| Piedmont Newton Covington, GA · (770) 786-7053 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$106.25 | 70% |
| Piedmont Newnan Newnan, GA · (770) 400-2300 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$116.25 | 70% |
| Piedmont Henry Stockbridge, GA · (678) 604-1000 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$106.25 | 70% |
| Piedmont Rockdale Conyers, GA · (770) 918-3000 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$93.75 | 70% |
| Piedmont Mountainside Jasper, GA · (706) 692-2441 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$106.25 | 70% |
| Piedmont Walton Monroe, GA · (770) 267-8461 HC Glucose Postdose File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $125.00 | $0.01–$112.50 | 70% |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell, GA · (770) 751-2500 Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram, GA · (470) 644-7000 Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson, GA · (770) 775-7861 Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville, GA · (770) 949-1500 Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell, GA · (770) 732-4000 Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp Warm Springs, GA Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA · (770) 793-5000 Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin, GA · (770) 228-2721 Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta, GA Hc Glucose Post Glucose Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $199.00 | — | 61% |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek, GA · (678) 474-7000 Hc Glucose Test - Gtt 1 Hour+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | — | — |
| DeKalb Medical at Decatur Decatur, GA Hc Glucose Test - Gtt 1 Hour+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | — | — |
| Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur, GA · (404) 501-1000 Hc Glucose Test - Gtt 1 Hour+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | — | — |
| Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA · (404) 686-8500 Hc Glucose Test - Gtt 1 Hour+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | — | — |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA · (404) 686-2450 Hc Glucose Test - Gtt 1 Hour+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | — | — |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia, GA · (404) 501-8040 Hc Glucose Test - Gtt 1 Hour+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | — | — |
| Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta Atlanta, GA · (678) 843-7001 Hc Glucose Test - Gtt 1 Hour+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | — | — |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Arthur M. Blank Atlanta, GA Glucose 2 Hr Pc File of May 14, 2026 · source file | $164.00 | $164.00 | — | — |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Meridian Mark Atlanta, GA Glucose 2 Hr Pc File of May 14, 2026 · source file | $164.00 | $164.00 | — | — |
| Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Atlanta, GA · (404) 785-5252 Glucose 2 Hr Pc File of May 14, 2026 · source file | $164.00 | $164.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $23.60, median $77.61, highest $164.00 — a 6.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 27 facilities here, median $77.61. 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 11 of 14 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 1-hour glucose test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: 1-hour glucose test explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82950 ($45.00). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Regional Medical Center Southwest Riverdale, GAHc Glucose Test | $4.00 | file |