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Automated White Blood Cell Count

Maryland 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?

$2.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.29 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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$2.29$1.91 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$2.95 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $2 to $32Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$1$2$5$10$20facility $11professional $2

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
$2.29
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$6.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$2.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.40
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$3.80

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$2.29

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.