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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Louisiana 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$37.15$33.88 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$38.90 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $34 to $123Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $20 to $51
$20$50$100facility $47professional $37

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
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$47.86

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$40.74

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.