On your lab requisition: Quest “Advanced Lipid Panel, Cardio IQ” (test code 92145)
The short answer
Advanced Lipid Panel measures Total Cholesterol, HDL and LDL plus 5 more from a standard blood draw. At TestWell it costs $90.99 plus a $6 lab processing fee, requires an 8–12 hour fast, and results post in 3–5 business days. Physician-authorized with no doctor's visit or insurance needed; draw at Quest.
Hospital Lab
$350
cash pay
Other Labs
$120
+ lab fees
TestWell
$90.99
+ $6 lab processing fee
The Advanced Lipid Panel provides a more detailed assessment of cardiovascular risk than a standard lipid panel. Alongside the standard cholesterol markers it measures LDL particle number and size, Apolipoprotein B (the single best measure of atherogenic particle burden), and Lipoprotein(a) — a largely genetic, independent risk factor. This test is especially valuable for people with a family history of heart disease or those whose standard lipid panels appear normal but who may still be at risk.
Comprehensive cardiovascular risk panel: standard lipids + ApoB + ApoA1 + Lp(a) + direct LDL. Single draw covers genetic risk (Lp(a)), particle burden (ApoB), and HDL function (ApoA1).
Anyone serious about cardiovascular risk assessment, family history of early heart disease, normal-LDL patients whose Framingham/PREVENT scores understate risk, longevity protocols, pre-statin baseline.
Sample Type
Blood draw
Fasting
Required
Results In
3–5 business days
Performed At
Quest
8 biomarkers tested
Your Advanced Lipid Panel results will include values for each of the 8 biomarkers tested, along with reference ranges. Results are reviewed by a licensed physician before being released to your secure portal.
If any values fall outside the normal range, your report will include guidance on what that may mean and recommended next steps. You'll receive an email notification when your results are ready, typically within 3–5 business days.
Typical reference range layout
Lab reports show where your value sits relative to established reference intervals—your physician interprets this in context for you. Already have results? Analyze them with your AI assistant against our physician-reviewed ranges.
Fasting for 12 hours is recommended. Water is okay.
What can throw off this result
Physician-reviewed “Before your test” pages — what each factor does, for how long, and what to do about it.
An Advanced Lipid Panel costs $90.99 at TestWell — $96.99 all-in when ordered alone, because the $6 lab processing fee is charged once per order, with no draw fee or physician fee added. Hospital outpatient labs typically bill around $350.00 self-pay for the same test, and often more. With insurance, what you pay depends on your deductible and your plan's negotiated rate; TestWell's price is fixed before the draw and is HSA/FSA-eligible.
| Where you order | Price | One test, all-in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TestWell (drawn at Quest) | $90.99 | $96.99 | Includes the one $6 lab processing fee, charged once per order |
| Hospital outpatient lab, self-pay (typical) | $350.00 | $350.00 | Reference figure; hospital charges vary widely by facility and are often higher |
Lab test codes: Quest test code 92145. Competitor prices are read from the linked public pages and re-checked regularly; the labs' sites may add taxes or change prices without notice.
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Advanced Lipid uses immunoassays for each component; NMR uses magnetic resonance to count and size particles. Advanced gives you genetic risk (Lp(a)) and HDL function (ApoA1); NMR gives you particle-size detail and LP-IR. Both are reasonable — Advanced is cheaper and more standardized; NMR is more granular.
Atherogenic ApoB particles divided by protective ApoA1 particles. Below 0.7 is low cardiovascular risk; 0.7-0.9 is moderate; above 0.9 is high. The INTERHEART study found this ratio is among the strongest predictors of heart attack — better than total cholesterol or LDL alone.
On TestWell, the Advanced Lipid Panel is $90.99 — ~30% cheaper than ordering the components separately. Quest Direct lists the same panel at $120, walk-in hospital labs typically bill $250-350 without insurance.
Multiple: 80061 (lipid panel), 82172 (ApoB and ApoA1), 83695 (Lp(a)), 83721 (direct LDL). Cash-pay patients don't need CPT codes; the panel is billed as a single item.
Yes — 9-12 hour fast (water only). The standard lipid components and the direct LDL measurement both benefit; ApoB and Lp(a) are less affected but you'd still fast since it's all one draw.
If you've never tested Lp(a) (a once-in-a-lifetime measurement), Advanced is the better one-draw option. If you've already tested Lp(a) once, Lipid Panel + ApoB at ~$56 is sufficient for ongoing monitoring.
Advanced Lipid Panel results are typically ready in 3–5 business days after your draw at Quest. TestWell emails you the moment they post, and your results dashboard shows each marker against its reference range with a plain-English explanation.
Eating before the draw, alcohol, caffeine and smoking and nicotine can change an Advanced Lipid Panel result without anything being wrong. Eating before the draw can raise Triglycerides and can lower LDL — fast 8–12 hours; no alcohol the evening before. Alcohol can raise Triglycerides — no alcohol for 24–72 hours before a lipid panel. Caffeine can raise Triglycerides — skip coffee before a lipid panel if a strict fast was requested. Smoking and nicotine can raise LDL — recheck after quitting. Each factor is covered on our physician-reviewed "Before your test" pages; when one applies, the fix is usually to remove it and retest.
Order the Advanced Lipid Panel online from TestWell for $90.99 (plus a $6 per-order lab processing fee) — no doctor's visit, referral or insurance needed. A licensed physician authorizes the order, then you walk into any Quest patient service center near you for the draw (the lab locator on our site lists the closest ones by ZIP code), and results arrive in 3–5 business days.
The Advanced Lipid Panel is Quest Diagnostics test code 92145 ("Advanced Lipid Panel, Cardio IQ"). TestWell orders it under that code for $90.99 at Quest — no doctor's visit or insurance required, results in 3–5 business days. Codes verified against the labs' catalogs in 2026.
Medically reviewed by Youmna DiStefano, MD · Last reviewed September 2026
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