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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Tennessee 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$9.55$9.55 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$10.72 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $50Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.50
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.22

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 49th of 51

$10.00

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.