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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $22.39 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 6 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$7.76 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$8.32 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $8 to $60Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$18.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 30th 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.