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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Connecticut 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 5 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$22.39$18.62 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$37.15 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $34 to $93Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $18 to $34
$20$50$100facility $54professional $22

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
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$194.98
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 24th of 51

$32.36

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.