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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0052U

Measures the cholesterol-carrying particles in blood in more detail than a standard cholesterol panel. Spinning the sample at high speed separates every major lipoprotein fraction — including HDL, LDL and VLDL — along with their subfractions, and each is measured and reported.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$20.42 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$38.90 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $30 to $65Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $39
$20$50$100facility $44professional $26

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.88

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 12th of 51

$36.31

AK $75.86NE $22.39

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.