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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Georgia 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.13$4.27 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$8.51 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$18.20
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
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.66

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 49th of 51

$6.61

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.