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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Maine 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$8.51$6.61 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$8.51 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $79Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $9

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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$38.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.38

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 31st of 51

$8.51

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.