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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

New Hampshire 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$8.91$5.62 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$16.22 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $49Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $33
$5$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$12.02
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$24.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.12

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 7th of 51

$12.88

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.