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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Indiana 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$8.71$5.75 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$11.48 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $13professional $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
$10.47
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$31.62
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.49
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
$4.79
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$7.59

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$10.00

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.