The median cash price for Hemoglobin A1C (diabetes blood test) is $47.58, based on the stated self-pay prices 39 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $1.50–$233.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$1.50 cash | $5 | 2026-04-01 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$2.80 cash | $7 | 3/31/2026 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$3.84 cash | $9.59 | 2026-04-01 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$5 cash | $10 | 3/30/2026 |
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$5.20 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$7 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$7.64 cash | $20 | 2026-02-28 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$9.10 cash | $14 | 2026-03-23 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$9.71 cash | $55 | 2025-12-31 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$10.68 cash | $149 | 2026-03-04 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$11.65 cash | $99.85 | 2026-01-01 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$12.96 cash | $51.84 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$12.96 cash | $51.84 | 2026-03-30 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$17.60 cash | $32 | 2025-12-31 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$20.81 cash | $68 | 1/1/2026 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$23.80 cash | $68 | 2026-04-01 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$28.32 cash | $177 | 2026-03-02 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$40.77 cash | $151 | 04/01/2026 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$42 cash | $42 | 2026-02-10 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$42.84 cash | $43.71 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$43.55 cash | $67 | 2026-06-16 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$47.58 cash | $61 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$53.60 cash | $167.50 | 2026-04-01 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$57 cash | $114 | 2025-10-08 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$65.25 cash | $87 | 04/01/2026 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$65.52 cash | $100.80 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$69.60 cash | $116 | 2026-03-31 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$79.52 cash | $142 | 4/1/2026 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$92 cash | $92 | 2026-04-01 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$93.13 cash | $139 | 2026-03-05 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$95.25 cash | $127 | 2026-04-01 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$95.25 cash | $127 | 2025-05-16 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$103.25 cash | $172.08 | 2026-02-18 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$122.25 cash | $163 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$122.25 cash | $163 | 2026-03-27 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$125.50 cash | $125.50 | 03/31/2026 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$126 cash | $315 | 2026-04-01 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$200.90 cash | $287 | 4/1/2026 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$203.27 cash | $312.73 | 2025-11-26 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$205.50 cash | $411 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$233 cash | $233 | 2025-12-01 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for Hemoglobin A1C (diabetes blood test), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.