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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Georgia 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $135 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$61.66 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$85.11 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $58 to $324Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $42 to $324
$50$100$200$500facility $135professional $117

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$426.58
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$288.40
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
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$123

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.