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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Louisiana 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$77.62 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$148 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $112 to $575Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $63 to $191
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $132

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
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$148

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.