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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Mississippi 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 4 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$8.91$6.46 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$8.32 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20facility $13professional $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
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$14.79

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 17th of 51

$9.55

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.