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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Montana 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$10.23$9.55 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$10.23 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $55
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $10

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.12
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$46.77
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.23

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$10.72

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.