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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Massachusetts 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 8 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$12.88$11.75 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$16.60 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $11 to $51Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $29professional $13

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
$10.96
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$52.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$35.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$29.51

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$13.18

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.