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Automated White Blood Cell Count

Alaska rates for HCPCS 85048

This basic blood test counts the number of white blood cells in a sample using an automated laboratory instrument. White blood cells are part of the immune system and help the body fight infection, so this count is a routine part of evaluating overall health, infection, or many other conditions. It is often included as part of a broader blood count panel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Automated White Blood Cell Count cost?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $2.29 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$5.75$2.51 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.29$2.29 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $30Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50facility $2professional $6

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
$9.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$8.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.22
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$37.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 11th of 51

$3.55

NE $6.76DC $1.91

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.