HbA1c
Your average blood sugar over the past two to three months.
The best single diabetes test — it needs no fasting and is not thrown off by one bad day.
Calculated from this result
Once a lab has this measurement, these lines cost it nothing to add.
How we rate it: Essential
Defensible in a routine adult check-up.
This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.
Check-ups that include it
In 74 of the 93 check-ups we track, 80%. Cheapest first.
- AAROGYAM BASIC 1 WITH UTSHThyrocare₹899
- Smart Full Body CheckupRedcliffe Labs₹997
- Good Health Gold Package with Smart ReportTata 1mg Labs₹999
- AAROGYAM BASIC 2 WITH UTSHThyrocare₹1,050
- Healthy India 2026 Full Body Checkup VitalHealthians₹1,143
- Fit India Full Body Checkup with Free HbA1cRedcliffe Labs₹1,249
- SWASTHFIT DIABETES CHECK BASIC - NEWDr Lal PathLabs₹1,480
- Fit India Full Body Checkup - EssentialRedcliffe Labs₹1,499
- Good Health Platinum Package with Smart ReportTata 1mg Labs₹1,499
- Fit India Full Body Checkup - AdvanceRedcliffe Labs₹1,799
- Fit India Full Body Checkup With Vitamin Screening with Free Heart Test (HsCRP)Redcliffe Labs₹1,799
- Annual Full Body Checkup - AdvanceRedcliffe Labs₹1,799
and 62 more.
Also sold as
Every one of these names refers to this same test. Resolving them to one canonical entry is what makes an honest comparison possible.
- a1c
- glycated hemoglobin
- glycosylated haemoglobin
- glycosylated hemoglobin
- hb a1c
- hba1c
Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.