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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

New Mexico 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 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$6.46$6.46 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$12.88 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $8 to $74Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $56
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $28professional $6

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
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 16th of 51

$10.23

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.