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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

Ohio 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 9 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$19.95$17.38 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$63.10 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $27 to $68Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $45
$20$50$100facility $63professional $20

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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$93.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$95.50

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 50th of 51

$19.95

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.