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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Washington, DC 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$8.51$8.51 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$8.51 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $78Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$8.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$89.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.05

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$8.51

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.