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Automated White Blood Cell Count

Vermont 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?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$3.02$2.29 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$19.50 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $3 to $43Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $3

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.07
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.92

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 21st of 51

$3.02

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.