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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Minnesota 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$245$182 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$79.43 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $45 to $550Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $135 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $245

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
$22.91
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$269.15
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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$200

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.