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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

New Mexico 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 3 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$25.12$25.12 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$30.20 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $23 to $102Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $41
$20$50$100facility $44professional $25

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 48th of 51

$25.12

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.