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Automated White Blood Cell Count

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, 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 $13.49 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$2.29$2.19 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$4.37 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $2 to $25Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $15
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $13professional $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
$3.80
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.75
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.91

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 48th 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.