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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Missouri 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$81.28 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$138 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $100 to $661Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $46 to $977
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $138

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
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
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
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$145

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.