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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Massachusetts 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 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 9 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$11.22$10.72 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$15.85 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $48Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $34
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $28professional $11

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
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$50.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$26.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.20

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $12.30 · 23rd of 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.