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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Kentucky 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$4.27 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$7.24 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $7

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
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
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.74

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$7.24

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.