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Automated White Blood Cell Count

Virginia 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?

$2.40

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.04 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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 8 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$2.04$1.91 to $2.40
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$2.51 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $26Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5professional $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
$2.40
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$4.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.37
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.63

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$2.40

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.