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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Georgia 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 6 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$20.42$13.49 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$28.18 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $26 to $63Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $20

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
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$158.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$26.30

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.