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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Missouri 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$22.39$19.95 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$20.89 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $100Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $19 to $68
$20$50$100$200$500facility $29professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 40th of 51

$22.39

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.