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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Kansas 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$7.59 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$19.95 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $18 to $32Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$10$20$50facility $21professional $13

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
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$26.30
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
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.69

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 4th of 51

$19.95

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.