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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Georgia 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 Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$8.51$5.75 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.88 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $44Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $9

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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$26.92
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
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.45

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th 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.