A1C screening less expensive?

First, the associated costs (i.e., phlebotomy, tubes, reporting) of processing a sample are equal for measurement of A1C and glucose and are substantially greater than the cost of reagents. Processing costs vary but they may be 20 times greater than the cost of the reagents for A1C and so the percentage difference between A1C and glucose measurement is relatively small, (e.g., the typical costs of processing any single laboratory sample is about $20.00, while the reagent costs for plasma glucose are about $1.00 and for A1C are about $5.00.