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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Alaska rates for HCPCS 85540

A blood sample is treated with a stain that reveals how much of an enzyme called alkaline phosphatase sits inside the white blood cells, and the stained cells are then scored under a microscope. The pattern helps separate different reasons for a high white blood cell count.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain cost?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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$25.70$15.85 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$9.33 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $41Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $9professional $26

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
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$27.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$64.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $9.33 · 24th of 51
HI $15.49MD $6.46

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.