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Blood Test Separating Cholesterol Particles

Washington 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$10.47$10.23 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$12.30 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $24
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $10

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
$10.47
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$74.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$20.42

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 20th of 51

$12.59

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.