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Automated White Blood Cell Count

New Jersey 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?

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.29 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$2.00 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$3.80 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $35Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6professional $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
$3.24
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$4.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$7.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$2.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$3.63

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 24th of 51

$2.95

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.