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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

South Dakota 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 7 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$40.74$26.30 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$66.07 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $38 to $66Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $23 to $81
$20$50$100facility $66professional $41

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
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 4th of 51

$51.29

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.