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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Tennessee 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 5 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$26.92$25.12 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$28.18 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $25 to $120Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $20 to $39
$10$20$50$100$200facility $39professional $27

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
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$26.92

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.