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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Connecticut 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 5 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$6.61$6.61 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$8.71 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$5$10$20facility $13professional $7

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
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.45

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 47th of 51

$6.61

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.