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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Indiana 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 6 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$17.78$17.78 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$19.95 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $27Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $17 to $32
$20$50facility $20professional $18

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 51st of 51

$17.78

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.