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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 July 2026.

How much does Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $170.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $89 to $295
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $132

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Minnesota than in Rhode Island. 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· 24th of 51

$132

MN $275RI $87.10

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.