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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Rhode Island 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 4 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$6.46 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$10.96 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $55Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $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
$14.13
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.98

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$10.00

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.