1-hour glucose test cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 14 hospitals list a cash price for glucose challenge test (1-hour glucose after a sugar drink): from $13.44 to $65.41, with a median of $56.40. The lowest listed price is at University of Louisville Hospital — $42.96 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $50.60 at 65 hospitals.
- The median here, $56.40, is 33% above the US median of $42.35.
- That is 11.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.75).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 7 cities for code 82950, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 GLUCOSE TEST File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $13.44 | $56.00 | $9.41–$56.00 | 76% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 #GLUCOSE;POST GLUCOSE DOSE+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $14.40 | $24.00 | $2.25–$10.83 | 40% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $16.38 | $117.00 | $4.04–$102.38 | 86% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY GLUCOSE TEST File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $20.16 | $56.00 | $9.41–$56.00 | 64% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $56.40 | $282.00 | $4.75–$234.06 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $56.40 | $282.00 | $4.75–$239.70 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $56.40 | $282.00 | $4.75–$234.06 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $56.40 | $282.00 | $4.75–$234.06 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB GLUCOSE POST DOSE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $56.40 | $282.00 | $4.75–$234.06 | 80% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Blood glucose (sugar) level after receiving dose of glucose File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $57.15 | $76.20 | $2.85–$152.40 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Blood glucose (sugar) level after receiving dose of glucose File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $57.15 | $76.20 | $4.04–$114.30 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Blood glucose (sugar) level after receiving dose of glucose File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $57.15 | $76.20 | $4.04–$152.40 | 25% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Blood glucose (sugar) level after receiving dose of glucose File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $64.80 | $108.00 | $2.38–$97.20 | 40% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Lab Glucose Pst Glucose Dse+1 more line at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $65.41 | $155.00 | $4.04–$123.54 | 58% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 GLUCOSE;POST GLUCOSE(INCL GLS)+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $70.20 | $117.00 | $2.25–$10.83 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $13.44, median $56.40, highest $65.41 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $56.40. 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 12 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.
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