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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Montana 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$11.22$10.00 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$10.72 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $27Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $56
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $13professional $11

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.02

Where Montana 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.

Montana $12.30 · 8th 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.