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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Florida 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 7 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$7.41$7.08 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$9.12 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $8 to $45Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $7

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
$7.76
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.55
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$67.61
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii 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.

Florida· 40th of 51

$7.76

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.