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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Pennsylvania 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 9 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$6.76 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$10.47 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $7 to $55Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $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
$7.24
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$20.42
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.59
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.79
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.12
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.79

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 34th of 51

$8.13

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.