A1C test cost in Little Rock, AR — inpatient
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 4 hospitals list a cash price for hemoglobin A1C blood test (average blood sugar over about 3 months) as an inpatient: from $19.51 to $222.71, with a median of $30.71. The lowest listed price is at St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center — $11.20 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $39.12 at 30 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 83036, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Jul 2, 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 LC HGB A1-C | $19.51 | $76.00 | — | 74% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 ANCA SCREEN EACH ANTIBODY | $25.05 | $113.87 | $25.05–$113.87 | 78% | Jul 2, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 GLYCOSYLATED HGB-SHERWOOD ONLY | $36.36 | $143.00 | — | 75% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 GLYCOSYLATED HGB-SHERWOOD ONLY | $36.70 | $143.00 | — | 74% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN TEST | $53.66 | $243.92 | $53.66–$243.92 | 78% | Jul 2, 2026 source file |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 HEMOGLOBIN A1C | $56.35 | $256.12 | $56.35–$256.12 | 78% | Jul 2, 2026 source file |
| Conway Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Conway, AR HEMOGLOBIN A1C | $222.71 | $222.71 | — | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $19.51, median $30.71, highest $222.71 — a 11.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $26.57 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83036 ($64.06). 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.
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, ARCORP HEART HEALTHY HEMO A1C | $1.76 | file |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, ARHEART HEALTHY HEMOGLOBIN A1C | $2.92 | file |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, ARCARDIAC SCREENING HEMOGLB A1C | $3.45 | file |