1-hour glucose test cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 36 hospitals publish a cash price for glucose challenge test (1-hour glucose after a sugar drink): from $5.27 to $140.00, with a median of $40.32. The lowest price is at Lakeland Community Hospital (Haleyville). The highest price is 26.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $40.32, is 5% below the US median of $42.35.
- That is 8.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.75).
- Alabama ranks 23rd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
- 13 of 36 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 82950. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$5.27Lakeland Community Hospital
Median$40.32half of hospitals charge less
Highest$140.00in Alabama
Lowest saves$35.05vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Community Hospital lowest Haleyville · Haleyville, AL GLUCOSE 1 HR W GLUCOLA | $5.27 | $103.00 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Grandview Medical Center Birmingham · Birmingham, AL GLUCOSE, POST DOSE | $9.15 | $61.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Flowers Hospital Dothan · Dothan, AL GLUCOSE, POST DOSE | $13.88 | $92.55 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tanner Medical Center - East Alabama Wedowee · Wedowee, AL GLUCOSE TEST | $14.00 | $35.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Dch Regional Medical Center Tuscaloosa · Tuscaloosa, AL GLUCOSE POST DOSE- ADDITIONAL | $15.88 | $31.75 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Fayette Medical Center Fayette · Fayette, AL GLUCOSE POST DOSE- ADDITIONAL | $15.88 | $31.75 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL GLUCOSE, POST DOSE | $18.00 | $99.98 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Glucose 2 Hr P.P. | $20.62 | $47.96 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Glucose 2 Hr P.P. | $20.62 | $47.96 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile · Mobile, AL CH GLUC POST DOSE | $24.35 | $28.65 | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| East Alabama Medical Center Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL 28 Week Prenatal Profile | $29.15 | $53.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Choctaw General Butler · Butler, AL HC GLUCOSE POST DOSE | $31.92 | $42.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bibb Medical Center Centreville · Birmingham, AL GLUCOSE 1 HOUR | $33.65 | $33.65 | Nov 1, 2025 source file |
| Russellville Hospital Russellville · Russellville, AL GLUCOSE 1 HR W GLUCOLA | $33.93 | $130.50 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Athens Limestone Hospital Athens · Huntsville, AL .GTT POST GLUCOSE DOSE ASSOC CHG. | $35.00 | $35.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| DeKalb Regional Medical Center Fort Payne · Fort Payne, AL .GTT POST GLUCOSE DOSE ASSOC CHG. | $35.00 | $35.00 | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Hale County Hospital Greensboro · Tuscaloosa, AL GTT 1 HOUR | $36.00 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Whitfield Regional Hospital Demopolis · Demopolis, AL Glucose(2Hr Post Dose) | $37.13 | $61.88 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre · Centre, AL HC GLUCOSE TEST | $43.50 | $87.00 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL GLUCOSE, POST DOSE | $52.69 | $292.73 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center South Montgomery · Montgomery, AL GLUCOSE, 2HR PP | $59.46 | $99.10 | Dec 30, 2025 source file |
| Marshall Medical Center North Guntersville · Albertville, AL LAB-GLUCOSE CHALLENGE | $62.50 | $62.50 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Centers Boaz · Albertville, AL LAB-GLUCOSE CHALLENGE | $62.50 | $62.50 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Post Glucose Dose | $67.30 | $89.73 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville · Huntsville, AL LAB-GRAM STAIN | $77.00 | $77.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Madison · Huntsville, AL LAB-GRAM STAIN | $77.00 | $77.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital West Decatur · Decatur, AL X-POST GLUC DOSE(INC GLUC) | $83.50 | $83.50 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus Decatur · Decatur, AL X-POST GLUC DOSE(INC GLUC) | $83.50 | $83.50 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Parkway Campus Decatur · Decatur, AL X-POST GLUC DOSE(INC GLUC) | $83.50 | $83.50 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan · Dothan, AL GLUCOSE TEST | $92.48 | $231.21 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL GLUCOSE, POST DOSE | $108.97 | $908.10 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Marion Regional Medical Center Hamilton · Hamilton, AL HC GLUCOSE TEST - GTT 1 HOUR | $113.95 | $265.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services-South Marion Winfield · Winfield, AL HC GLUCOSE TEST - GTT 1 HOUR | $113.95 | $265.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL LAB-GLUCOSE CHALLENGE | $125.00 | $125.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay · Russellville, AL LAB-GLUCOSE CHALLENGE | $125.00 | $125.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL Gluc Post Dose | $140.00 | $140.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 6 | $9.15 | $27.14 |
| Huntsville, AL | 4 | $18.00 | $56.00 |
| Decatur, AL | 3 | $83.50 | $83.50 |
| Albertville, AL | 2 | $62.50 | $62.50 |
| Dothan, AL | 2 | $13.88 | $53.18 |
| Russellville, AL | 2 | $33.93 | $79.46 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 2 | $15.88 | $25.94 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $29.15 | $29.15 |
| Butler, AL | 1 | $31.92 | $31.92 |
| Centre, AL | 1 | $43.50 | $43.50 |
| Demopolis, AL | 1 | $37.13 | $37.13 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $52.69 | $52.69 |
| Fayette, AL | 1 | $15.88 | $15.88 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 1 | $125.00 | $125.00 |
| Fort Payne, AL | 1 | $35.00 | $35.00 |
| Gadsden, AL | 1 | $108.97 | $108.97 |
| Haleyville, AL | 1 | $5.27 | $5.27 |
| Hamilton, AL | 1 | $113.95 | $113.95 |
| Mobile, AL | 1 | $24.35 | $24.35 |
| Montgomery, AL | 1 | $59.46 | $59.46 |
| Wedowee, AL | 1 | $14.00 | $14.00 |
| Winfield, AL | 1 | $113.95 | $113.95 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What 1-hour glucose test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: 1-hour glucose test explained.
Glucose challenge test (1-hour glucose after a sugar drink) in other states
- Alaska$63.85
- Arizona$89.10
- Arkansas$25.80
- California$52.00
- Colorado$98.60
- Connecticut$25.69
- Delaware$45.05
- District of Columbia$48.00, 3 hospitals
- Florida$70.70
- Georgia$44.25
- Hawaii$33.80
- Idaho$39.40
- Illinois$57.60
- Indiana$41.00
- Iowa$42.80
- Kansas$46.48
- Kentucky$50.60
- Louisiana$16.30
- Maine$37.50
- Maryland$10.98
- Massachusetts$24.00
- Michigan$21.80
- Minnesota$42.08
- Mississippi$33.71
- Missouri$42.50
- Montana$61.50
- Nebraska$56.76
- Nevada$69.69
- New Hampshire$51.71
- New Jersey$5.46
- New Mexico$35.54
- New York$21.14
- North Carolina$39.00
- North Dakota$35.38
- Ohio$38.40
- Oklahoma$30.55
- Oregon$34.50
- Pennsylvania$37.13
- Puerto Rico$17.77
- Rhode Island$42.00
- South Carolina$60.60
- South Dakota$81.19
- Tennessee$30.24
- Texas$78.40
- Utah$132.33
- Vermont$54.20
- Virginia$40.95
- Washington$41.15
- West Virginia$33.50
- Wisconsin$49.40
- Wyoming$43.50
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.