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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Louisiana 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$9.77$6.76 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$16.60 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $13 to $47Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$10$20$50facility $24professional $10

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
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.14

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$15.14

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.