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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

Vermont 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 Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$12.59$12.59 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$8.32 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $3 to $129Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $56professional $13

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 4th 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.