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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Arkansas 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$28.84$22.91 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$38.90 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $39 to $52Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $20 to $43
$20$50facility $43professional $29

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 29th of 51

$29.51

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.