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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain cost?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$4.27 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$8.13 to $8.32

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $8Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.08
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Kansas than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$8.13

KS $26.30MD $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.