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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 7 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$20.89$16.98 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$31.62 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $27 to $123Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $45
$20$50$100facility $95professional $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
$26.92
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$63.10

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th 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.