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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Nebraska 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$22.39$20.42 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$23.99 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $20 to $100Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $20 to $66
$20$50$100facility $51professional $22

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
$23.99
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$93.33

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$22.39

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.