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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does VLDL Cholesterol Measurement cost?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$6.61 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$12.30 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $8 to $58Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.85
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$10.23

AK $28.84KY $8.91

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.