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Detailed Lipoprotein Fraction Measurement

Virginia 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 8 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$13.49 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$33.88 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $29 to $132Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $30
$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $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. 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
$70.79
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$70.79
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.90

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 31st of 51

$28.84

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.