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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Oklahoma 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 October 2026.

How much does White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain cost?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.01$3.89 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$10.23 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $35Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.41

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Kansas 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.

Oklahoma· 27th of 51

$8.51

KS $26.30MD $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.