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Automated White Blood Cell Count

New Hampshire 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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 5 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$4.07$1.95 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$4.79 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $26Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $4

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
$17.78
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$7.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$7.41

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 3rd of 51

$4.68

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.