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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Colorado 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 7 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$8.71$8.32 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$15.14 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $9 to $58Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $9

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
$7.08
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.22
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.47

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 30th of 51

$10.72

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.