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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Michigan 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $158 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$155$100 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$129 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $55 to $295Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $51 to $224
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $158professional $155

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
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
8 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
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 17th of 51

$158

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.