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Ceramide Blood Test For Heart Risk

Kentucky 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 October 2026.

How much does Ceramide Blood Test For Heart Risk cost?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $123 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$53.70$45.71 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$74.13 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $8 to $1,698Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $35 to $407
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $123professional $54

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Kentucky· 28th of 51

$67.61

AK $151AL $17.78

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.