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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Minnesota 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$60.26$23.99 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$41.69 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $23 to $186Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $20 to $158
$20$50$100$200facility $132professional $60

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
$22.91
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$63.10

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.