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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

New Jersey 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$10.47$8.91 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$17.38 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $158Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $28professional $10

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
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$32.36
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.18
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 19th of 51

$13.80

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.