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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Lipoprotein particle number and subclass blood test

CPT 83704the billing code this page is about

Measures the number of cholesterol-carrying particles in blood and breaks them into subclasses, typically by nuclear magnetic resonance.

Hospitals typically charge $85 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,400 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $91. Most fall between $39 and $170 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,400
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,400 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$26$46$85$153$253

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($26 vs $253).

How the prices are spread

$21 – $28: 139 hospitals$21$28 – $37: 159 hospitals$37 – $49: 217 hospitals$37$49 – $66: 298 hospitals$66 – $87: 295 hospitals$66$87 – $116: 304 hospitals$116 – $154: 286 hospitals$116$154 – $205: 241 hospitals$205 – $272: 136 hospitals$205$272 – $362: 86 hospitals$272median $85price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,161 of 2,400 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$21$28139
$28$37159
$37$49217
$49$66298
$66$87295
$87$116304
$116$154286
$154$205241
$205$272136
$272$36286

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $85.

Alaska: median $80 across 15 hospitalsAK$80Maine: median $73 across 21 hospitalsME$73Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $141 across 15 hospitalsNH$141Washington: median $88 across 65 hospitalsWA$88Idaho: median $70 across 19 hospitalsID$70Montana: median $86 across 10 hospitalsMT$86North Dakota: median $65 across 16 hospitalsND$65Minnesota: median $80 across 64 hospitalsMN$80Illinois: median $112 across 101 hospitalsIL$112Wisconsin: median $138 across 96 hospitalsWI$138Michigan: median $36 across 64 hospitalsMI$36New York: median $67 across 77 hospitalsNY$67Massachusetts: median $143 across 42 hospitalsMA$143Oregon: median $67 across 42 hospitalsOR$67Nevada: median $153 across 15 hospitalsNV$153Wyoming: median $88 across 11 hospitalsWY$88South Dakota: median $150 across 12 hospitalsSD$150Iowa: median $86 across 43 hospitalsIA$86Indiana: median $82 across 90 hospitalsIN$82Ohio: median $100 across 129 hospitalsOH$100Pennsylvania: median $97 across 108 hospitalsPA$97New Jersey: median $38 across 54 hospitalsNJ$38Connecticut: median $95 across 13 hospitalsCT$95Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $34 across 90 hospitalsCA$34Utah: median $161 across 39 hospitalsUT$161Colorado: median $136 across 54 hospitalsCO$136Nebraska: median $152 across 32 hospitalsNE$152Missouri: median $97 across 49 hospitalsMO$97Kentucky: median $100 across 59 hospitalsKY$100West Virginia: median $53 across 41 hospitalsWV$53Virginia: median $88 across 68 hospitalsVA$88Maryland: median $136 across 31 hospitalsMD$136Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $96 across 37 hospitalsAZ$96New Mexico: median $121 across 14 hospitalsNM$121Kansas: median $64 across 40 hospitalsKS$64Arkansas: median $43 across 18 hospitalsAR$43Tennessee: median $55 across 51 hospitalsTN$55North Carolina: median $77 across 84 hospitalsNC$77South Carolina: median $150 across 44 hospitalsSC$150Oklahoma: median $60 across 48 hospitalsOK$60Louisiana: median $79 across 40 hospitalsLA$79Mississippi: median $42 across 32 hospitalsMS$42Alabama: median $53 across 39 hospitalsAL$53Georgia: median $91 across 91 hospitalsGA$91Hawaii: median $172 across 12 hospitalsHI$172Texas: median $64 across 146 hospitalsTX$64Florida: median $52 across 101 hospitalsFL$52
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $85. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI12$172+101%$66 – $211
Utah UT39$161+88%$73 – $189
Nevada NV15$153+79%$50 – $203
Nebraska NE32$152+78%$61 – $274
South Dakota SD12$150+76%$58 – $283
South Carolina SC44$150+75%$65 – $175
Massachusetts MA42$143+68%$85 – $269
New Hampshire NH15$141+65%$56 – $192
Wisconsin WI96$138+61%$95 – $189
Colorado CO54$136+59%$60 – $294
Maryland MD31$136+59%$105 – $160
New Mexico NM14$121+42%$68 – $221
Illinois IL101$112+31%$66 – $193
Kentucky KY59$100+17%$71 – $161
Ohio OH129$100+17%$68 – $199
Missouri MO49$97+14%$51 – $158
Pennsylvania PA108$97+13%$39 – $289
Arizona AZ37$96+12%$39 – $228
Connecticut CT13$95+11%$43 – $169
Georgia GA91$91+7%$63 – $180
Virginia VA68$88+3%$52 – $240
Washington WA65$88+3%$49 – $140
Wyoming WY11$88+2%$66 – $153
Iowa IA43$86+1%$65 – $140
Montana MT10$86+1%$66 – $104
Indiana IN90$82−4%$45 – $155
Alaska AK15$80−6%$38 – $147
Minnesota MN64$80−7%$57 – $147
Louisiana LA40$79−7%$40 – $120
North Carolina NC84$77−10%$44 – $145
Maine ME21$73−14%$35 – $136
Idaho ID19$70−18%$21 – $112
Oregon OR42$67−21%$56 – $104
New York NY77$67−22%$34 – $146
North Dakota ND16$65−24%$60 – $112
Kansas KS40$64−25%$43 – $163
Texas TX146$64−26%$24 – $267
Oklahoma OK48$60−30%$40 – $103
Tennessee TN51$55−35%$32 – $88
West Virginia WV41$53−38%$15 – $120
Alabama AL39$53−38%$37 – $210
Florida FL101$52−39%$26 – $99
Arkansas AR18$43−50%$27 – $80
Mississippi MS32$42−51%$34 – $71
New Jersey NJ54$38−56%$34 – $89
Michigan MI64$36−58%$24 – $62
California CA90$34−60%$8 – $59
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $85.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,808$82$38 – $170
Children’s22$80$43 – $140
Critical access564$92$53 – $172
Ownership
For-profit310$92$38 – $254
Government393$77$40 – $146
Non-profit1,691$86$40 – $169
System affiliation
Part of a system1,983$86$39 – $177
Independent417$81$41 – $144

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$144
Median cash price$85
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,710 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $89 and the average of the middle 60% is $96; most fall between $43 and $177.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,710 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$27$50$89$156$253

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($27 vs $253).

Of the 1,860 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,710 gave a usable cash price; 84 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 66 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,400 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (61%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,594 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,400
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here112
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded78
Hospitals that filed this code2,594

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as LIPOPROTEIN BLD QUAN PART.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Lipoprotein particle number and subclass blood test (CPT 83704) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83704-lipoprotein-particle-number-and-subclass-blood-test