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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88185

This covers testing an additional marker in a flow cytometry study, a laboratory technique that identifies specific proteins on the surface of individual cells by passing them one at a time through a laser-based detector. Each marker gives information about what type of cell is present and what state it is in, and looking at several markers together helps build a full picture. It applies for each marker beyond the first analyzed from the same sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 5 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$46.77$38.02 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$39.81 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $17 to $575Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $38 to $100
$20$50$100$200$500facility $47professional $47

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$75.86

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in South Dakota than in Indiana. 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.

Alaska· 8th of 51

$46.77

SD $110IN $17.78

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.