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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Kansas 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$21.88$20.89 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$21.88 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $16 to $120Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $20 to $65
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $30professional $22

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$43.65

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 45th of 51

$21.88

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.