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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$27.54$26.30 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$34.67 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $28 to $72Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $68
$20$50$100facility $51professional $28

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
$27.54
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 25th 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.