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Heat-Stable Alkaline Phosphatase Blood Test

West Virginia 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 4 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$6.17 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$6.76 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.23

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$6.76

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.