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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Louisiana 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 October 2026.

How much does Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$6.61 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$14.79 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $42Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $22professional $9

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
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.85

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Kansas than in Nebraska. 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$13.49

KS $35.48NE $7.59

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.