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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

South Carolina 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$8.71$8.71 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$9.77 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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
$8.71
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.85

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 49th of 51

$8.91

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.