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Flow Cytometry, Additional Cell Marker

West Virginia 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 4 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$17.38$15.49 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$67.61 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $26 to $776Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $21
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $81professional $17

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
$26.30
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$70.79

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 3rd of 51

$74.13

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.