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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Pennsylvania 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$9.33$8.91 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$13.80 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $10 to $66Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $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
$9.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.30
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.22
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$33.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.50

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 34th of 51

$10.47

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.