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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $89.13 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$33.88$31.62 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$33.88 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $34 to $251Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $27 to $49
$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $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
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th 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.