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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 July 2026.

How much does VLDL Cholesterol Measurement cost?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$10.23$8.51 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.02 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$10.23
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 35th of 51

$11.75

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.