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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 July 2026.

How much does VLDL Cholesterol Measurement cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$14.13$9.77 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$15.14 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $47Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$20$50facility $17professional $14

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
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$16.22

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$15.49

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.