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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Washington, DC 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$6.17$6.17 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$6.17 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $51Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $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
$6.17
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$64.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.59

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$6.17

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.