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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Alaska rates for HCPCS 83700

A blood test that separates the different fat-carrying particles circulating in the blood from one another and measures how much of each is present. It gives a more detailed picture of cholesterol-related risk than a basic cholesterol panel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles cost?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 6 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$33.88$20.89 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$10.23 to $11.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $11 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $34

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
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$36.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$13.18

OK $19.95MD $8.51

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.