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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Colorado 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.78 to $34.67.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $21 to $65Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $56
$20$50$100facility $32professional $23

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$75.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$95.50

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$23.44

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.