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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Iowa 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$6.76 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$10.23 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $27Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $9

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
$6.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$10.23

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.