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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Louisiana 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 5 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$9.77$7.59 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$10.47 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $32Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $10

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
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.02

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$10.47

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.