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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

New York 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$5.75 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$12.88 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $50Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $29
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $10

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
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$31.62
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$77.62
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$24.55
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$19.05
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$44.67
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
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
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.19

Where New York 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.

New York· 32nd of 51

$11.22

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.