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Automated White Blood Cell Count

Iowa 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?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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 8 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$4.57$2.51 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$3.09 to $7.41

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $20Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $16
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $5

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
$2.51
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$8.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$81.28
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$7.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$4.57

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.