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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

South Carolina 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$10.00$10.00 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$13.49 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $74Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $13
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$10.00
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.22

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$10.23

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.