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White Blood Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Vermont 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$10.72$6.92 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$14.45 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $9 to $151Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $66professional $11

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$19.50

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 9th of 51

$12.02

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.