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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Kansas 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$7.24$6.17 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$11.22 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $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
$8.91
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.79

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 25th of 51

$8.32

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.