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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Nebraska 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$5.50$5.50 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$10.00 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $5 to $56Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $55
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $5

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
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$16.60

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$12.59

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.