A1C test cost in Eureka, CA
In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hemoglobin A1C blood test (average blood sugar over about 3 months): from $54.57 to $65.28, with a median of $59.93. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $5.36 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $65.25 at 99 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 83036, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C LAB | $54.57 | $107.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C CDM | $62.22 | $122.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C CDM | $65.28 | $128.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C LAB | $72.42 | $142.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $54.57, median $59.93, highest $65.28 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $72.42. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
An A1C test measures how much sugar is attached to hemoglobin in red blood cells, which reflects average blood sugar over roughly the past three months. It is used to screen for and diagnose prediabetes and diabetes and to track how well diabetes is controlled.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the A1C test only. The blood draw is often billed separately, unless the test is done from a fingerstick in the office.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83036 ($55.86). 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.
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CAHC HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C CDM | $1.91 | file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CAHC SENDOUT GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN | $1.91 | file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CAHC HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C CDM | $1.91 | file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CAHC SENDOUT GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN | $1.91 | file |