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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Mississippi 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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 4 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$9.55$6.76 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$8.51 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $16Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$5.0$10.0$20.0facility $15professional $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
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$15.49

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi $10.00 · 21st 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.