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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Michigan 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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$8.13$6.46 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$8.13 to $10.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $15Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$5$10$20facility $8professional $8

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
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.85
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.22

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 35th of 51

$8.13

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.