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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 July 2026.

How much does VLDL Cholesterol Measurement cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 5 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$10.96$9.77 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$13.80 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $18
$10$20$50facility $26professional $11

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
$12.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$39.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$20.42

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$13.49

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.