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Flow Cytometry Cell Marker Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88184

A blood, bone marrow, or other fluid sample is passed through a specialized instrument that analyzes individual cells one at a time, checking for a specific marker on the cell's surface or inside the cell. This laboratory technique is commonly used to help diagnose and classify blood-related cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma, or to evaluate the immune system's cell populations. This particular result represents the analysis for one such marker.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Flow Cytometry Cell Marker Test cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$56.23$40.74 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$41.69 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $42 to $76Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $36 to $76
$50$100$200$500facility $43professional $56

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
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$42.66

AK $302AL $42.66

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.