1-hour glucose test cost in Charlotte, NC
In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 17 hospitals list a cash price for glucose challenge test (1-hour glucose after a sugar drink): from $39.00 to $263.50, with a median of $50.22. The lowest listed price is at Carolinas Medical Center and 7 other hospitals — $11.22 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $39.00 at 48 hospitals.
- The median here, $50.22, is 19% above the US median of $42.35.
- That is 10.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.75).
- 3 of 17 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 14 cities for code 82950, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Nov 4, 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolinas Medical Center lowest Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC GLUCOSE TEST+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$70.20 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center lowest Charlotte, NC HC GLUCOSE TEST File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$71.76 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Pineville lowest Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC GLUCOSE TEST File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$71.76 | 50% |
| Atrium Health University City lowest Charlotte, NC · (704) 548-6000 HC GLUCOSE TEST File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$75.66 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Union lowest Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC GLUCOSE TEST File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$74.10 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Lincoln lowest Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC GLUCOSE TEST File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$74.10 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Anson lowest Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC GLUCOSE TEST File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$74.10 | 50% |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast lowest Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC GLUCOSE TEST File of Nov 4, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $78.00 | $4.75–$74.10 | 50% |
| Iredell Memorial Hospital Statesville, NC · (704) 878-5661 Glucose Tolerance 2 Hour - Blood Only File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $50.22 | $186.00 | $5.05–$38.00 | 73% |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 HC GLUCOSE POSTDOSE+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $70.74 | $262.00 | $23.00–$170.30 | 73% |
| MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester, SC · (803) 581-3151 HB GLUCOSE TOLERANCE SCREEN GESTATIONAL DIABETES+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $120.50 | $241.00 | — | 50% |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NC · (704) 834-4891 CHG GLUCOSE POST GLUCOSE DOSE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $136.00 | $136.00 | $2.58–$129.20 | — |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont, NC · (704) 834-4891 CHG GLUCOSE POST GLUCOSE DOSE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $136.00 | $136.00 | $2.58–$129.20 | — |
| CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Gastonia Gastonia, NC · (704) 834-4891 CHG GLUCOSE POST GLUCOSE DOSE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $136.00 | $136.00 | $2.58–$129.20 | — |
| Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill, SC · (803) 329-1234 GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $158.25 | $211.00 | $1.00–$211.00 | 25% |
| Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill, SC · (803) 329-1234 GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Apr 15, 2026 · source file | $158.25 | $211.00 | $1.00–$211.00 | 25% |
| MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC · (803) 286-1481 HB GLUCOSE TOLERANCE 2HR NON PREGNANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $263.50 | $527.00 | — | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $39.00, median $50.22, highest $263.50 — a 6.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $54.87. 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 15 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.