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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Montana 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 5 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$15.85$14.79 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$15.85 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $39Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $85
$10$20$50facility $19professional $16

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.22

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$16.98

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.