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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Kansas 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$33.11$25.12 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$36.31 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $31 to $79Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $20 to $35
$20$50$100facility $59professional $33

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
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$51.29

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 15th of 51

$33.88

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.