Lab tests CPT 83036 Outpatient

A1C test cost in Fayetteville, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for hemoglobin A1C blood test (average blood sugar over about 3 months): from $10.06 to $65.00, with a median of $34.45. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Northwest — $24.39 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $39.80 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 — and —.

Lowest$10.06Arkansas Childrens Northwest
Median$34.45half pay less
Highest$65.00in this market
Difference6.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

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Lowest $10.06Highest $134.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Arkansas Childrens Northwest lowest Springdale, AR · (479) 725-6800 HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C $10.06 $11.18 $9.71–$11.18 10% —
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Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR Hemoglobin A1c Glycated $34.45 $53.00 $8.64–$44.29 35% —
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Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR · (479) 725-6800 HEMOGLOBIN A1C LEVEL $47.90 $53.22 $9.71–$53.22 10% —
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Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 HEMOGLOBIN A1C 496 QT $65.00 $98.00 $8.64–$65.00 34% —
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Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 A1C - GLYCOHEMOGLOBIN A1C - GRV $65.00 $98.00 $8.64–$65.00 34% —
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Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR POC Hemoglobin A1c Glycated $134.55 $207.00 $8.64–$44.29 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $10.06, median $34.45, highest $65.00 — a 6.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $47.80. 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 3 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

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.