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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$6.61$6.46 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$6.61 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $7

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
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 48th of 51

$6.61

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.