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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 October 2026.

How much does VLDL Cholesterol Measurement cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$12.30$7.59 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$15.14 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $100Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $12

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
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
2 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
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.95

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$14.79

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.