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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Texas 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 9 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$21.38$20.42 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$25.70 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $21 to $148Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $34
$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $21

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
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 44th of 51

$25.70

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.