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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Alaska rates for HCPCS 83719

A blood test that directly measures very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, one of the fat-carrying particles in the bloodstream. It is ordered as part of assessing cholesterol and triglyceride problems and the risk of heart and blood vessel disease. It measures a different particle than the more familiar good and bad cholesterol values.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does VLDL Cholesterol Measurement cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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 6 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$38.02$20.89 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$13.80 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $63Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $13 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $38

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
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$40.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$58.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 20th of 51

$13.80

SD $23.99DC $9.55

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.