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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Missouri 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$12.30$7.76 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$12.88 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $30Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$13.49

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.