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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 84078

A blood test that measures the portion of the enzyme alkaline phosphatase that survives being heated. Comparing that portion with the total level helps show which organ a raised enzyme result is coming from.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test cost?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 7 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$6.31$6.03 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$10.96 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $6 to $42Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $21professional $6

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
$5.25
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.13

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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.

Colorado· 36th of 51

$7.76

SD $15.14MD $6.17

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.