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Automated White Blood Cell Count

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.51 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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 7 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$2.51$2.19 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$3.72 to $14.13

How much rates vary

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

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
$4.79
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$5.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$18.62
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.51

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 13th 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.