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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Tennessee 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $977.

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

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $59 to $269Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,175
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $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
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$162.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
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
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 14th of 51

$170

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.