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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$6.61$5.37 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$9.12 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $37Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $14professional $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
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.85
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$131.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.51

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $7.76 · 41st 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.