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Ceramide Blood Test For Heart Risk

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 0119U

Estimates a person's risk of a heart attack or other cardiac event by measuring ceramides, a family of fats, in blood plasma. The levels are reported together with a cardiac risk score.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ceramide Blood Test For Heart Risk cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 4 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$63.10$63.10 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$63.10 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $141Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $50 to $63
$50$100$200facility $63professional $63

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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$104.71

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in South Dakota than in Arkansas. 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.

Washington, DC· 38th of 51

$63.10

SD $162AR $7.94

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.