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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Minnesota 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$10.23 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$12.02 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $89Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $24
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.20
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.09

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$12.88

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.