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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

South Dakota 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$12.30$6.46 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$15.14 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $12

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
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$15.14

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.