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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Rhode Island 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 4 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$12.02$9.55 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$15.85 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $15 to $74Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50facility $35professional $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
$19.05
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$22.91

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 18th of 51

$14.13

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.