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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$29.51$20.89 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$7.94 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $58
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $30

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
$7.94
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$95.50

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 36th 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.