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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Virginia 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$6.46 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$12.88 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $62Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $9

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
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88
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
$4.79
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.29

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$9.77

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.