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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 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 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$7.76$5.01 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$8.32 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $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
$7.94
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$8.51

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.