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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Georgia 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 8 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$21.38$18.62 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$67.61 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $62 to $155Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $50
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $85professional $21

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
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$58.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$79.43
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$87.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$66.07

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 41st of 51

$22.39

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.