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Ceramide Blood Test For Heart Risk

South Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$67.61$67.61 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$83.18 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $65 to $398Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $46 to $100
$50$100$200$500facility $204professional $68

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
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$83.18

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.