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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Virginia 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 8 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$7.94 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$11.22 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $59Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $13professional $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
$10.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.32
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$11.75

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$10.72

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.