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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Nebraska 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$7.08$5.62 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$10.72 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $6 to $105Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $56
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $25professional $7

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
$17.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$17.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $13.18 · 6th 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.