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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 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 7 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$33.88$25.12 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$33.88 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $23 to $110Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $20 to $58
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $59professional $34

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
$23.44
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
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
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$77.62

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th 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.