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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

North Carolina 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$26.30$16.60 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$16.60 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $48Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $81
$10$20$50$100$200facility $19professional $26

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
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$64.57
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 48th of 51

$21.38

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.