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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Missouri 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 October 2026.

How much does Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.18$20.42 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$35.48 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $33 to $162Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $14 to $72
$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $28

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$45.71
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Texas than in New Mexico. 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.

Missouri· 28th of 51

$29.51

TX $170NM $14.13

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.