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VLDL Cholesterol Measurement

Washington 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 9 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$11.48 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$13.18 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $54Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$85.11
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$22.91

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 23rd of 51

$13.49

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.