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Fluid Cell Examination Under A Microscope

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 88104

This is a laboratory examination of individual cells collected from a body fluid, such as fluid drained from around the lungs or abdomen, or a washing or brushing taken during a procedure, looking for abnormal or cancerous cells under a microscope. Unlike testing a solid piece of tissue, this looks at cells that are free-floating in a liquid sample. A specialist prepares the sample onto slides and interprets what is seen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fluid Cell Examination Under A Microscope cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $69.18 to $89.13.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $42 to $550
$50$100$200$500professional $76

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$57.54
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Minnesota than in Oklahoma. 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$75.86

MN $148OK $46.77

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.