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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 8 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$8.32$7.59 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$11.22 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$100$1Kfacility $18professional $8

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
$6.92
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$32.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$21.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.39
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.05

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th 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.