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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Small dense LDL cholesterol blood test

CPT 83722the billing code this page is about

A blood test that directly measures the small, dense form of LDL cholesterol particles.

Hospitals typically charge $73 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 324 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $67. Most fall between $34 and $109 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
324
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2025 – 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 324 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$38$73$104$135

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($26 vs $135).

How the prices are spread

$23 – $30: 24 hospitals$23$30 – $39: 43 hospitals$39 – $50: 40 hospitals$39$50 – $64: 33 hospitals$64 – $83: 31 hospitals$64$83 – $106: 61 hospitals$106 – $137: 44 hospitals$106$137 – $176: 6 hospitals$176 – $226: 4 hospitals$176$226 – $291: 6 hospitals$226median $73price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (292 of 324 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$23$3024
$30$3943
$39$5040
$50$6433
$64$8331
$83$10661
$106$13744
$137$1766
$176$2264
$226$2916

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $73.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $24 across 12 hospitalsWA$24Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $112 across 10 hospitalsMN$112Illinois: median $45 across 14 hospitalsIL$45Wisconsin: median $78 across 17 hospitalsWI$78Michigan: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $34 across 17 hospitalsNY$34Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $95 across 18 hospitalsIN$95Ohio: median $282 across 12 hospitalsOH$282Pennsylvania: median $58 across 23 hospitalsPA$58New Jersey: median $38 across 23 hospitalsNJ$38Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $96 across 36 hospitalsCA$96Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $80 across 15 hospitalsVA$80Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: median $44 across 10 hospitalsTN$44North Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $84 across 10 hospitalsGA$84Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $120 across 12 hospitalsFL$120
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $73. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH12$282+287%$59 – $324
Florida FL12$120+65%$34 – $120
Minnesota MN10$112+54%$95 – $112
California CA36$96+32%$63 – $96
Indiana IN18$95+30%$91 – $118
Georgia GA10$84+15%$84 – $84
Virginia VA15$80+10%$55 – $113
Wisconsin WI17$78+7%$78 – $108
Pennsylvania PA23$58−20%$23 – $310
Illinois IL14$45−38%$26 – $100
Tennessee TN10$44−39%$22 – $45
New Jersey NJ23$38−48%$34 – $38
New York NY17$34−53%$34 – $41
Washington WA12$24−68%$24 – $42
Texas TX8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $73.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care269$64$34 – $108
Children’s2fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$78$51 – $112
Ownership
For-profit28$76$26 – $110
Government40$43$34 – $109
Non-profit256$73$38 – $108
System affiliation
Part of a system288$73$34 – $110
Independent36$50$36 – $107

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$123
Median cash price$73
Cash as a share of list, median hospital52%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 48%. 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

197 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $84 and the average of the middle 60% is $80; most fall between $44 and $111.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 197 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
$30$49$84$107$215

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($30 vs $215).

Of the 231 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 197 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

324 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 355 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted324
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here22
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code355

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 September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 LIPOPRTN DIR MEAS SD LDL CHL.

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, “Small dense LDL cholesterol blood test (CPT 83722) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83722-small-dense-ldl-cholesterol-blood-test