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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 9 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$6.76$6.46 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$10.00 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $47Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$6.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$19.50
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.45
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$43.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$24.55
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.88

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$7.94

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.