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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Michigan 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 Michigan, 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 $32.36 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$27.54$23.99 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$32.36 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $32 to $59Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $40
$20$50facility $32professional $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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th 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.