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Apolipoprotein Blood Test

Michigan rates for HCPCS 82172

This blood test measures the level of a specific apolipoprotein, a protein that helps carry cholesterol and fats through the bloodstream. It is sometimes used alongside a standard cholesterol panel to give a more detailed picture of cardiovascular risk.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Apolipoprotein Blood Test cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.62$15.49 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$19.05 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $45Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$60.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Vermont than in Kentucky. 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$19.95

VT $85.11KY $12.88

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.