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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88346

This laboratory service applies a special fluorescent stain to a tissue sample removed during a biopsy or surgery, using an antibody that targets one specific protein marker and glows under a specialized microscope. Pathologists use the resulting pattern to help identify the exact type of a tumor or other tissue abnormality.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody cost?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$66.07 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$58.88 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $59 to $87Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $50 to $145
$50$100$200$500facility $59professional $89

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12 + 32 · Mandated service + 81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$58.88

AK $309AL $58.88

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.