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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 October 2026.

How much does VLDL Cholesterol Measurement cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$9.77 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$12.30 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $43Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $35
$10$100$1Kfacility $18professional $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
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$38.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$50.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$44.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$38.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$26.92
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.39
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
3 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
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$14.13

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.