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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Louisiana 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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$9.12$7.94 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$9.55 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $9

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
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10.23

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$10.00

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.