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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Michigan 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 6 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$12.02$9.55 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$12.02 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $12

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
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.88

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$12.02

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.