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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Utah 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $309 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$95.50$75.86 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$89.13 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $89 to $513Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $34 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $309professional $95

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 49th of 51

$97.72

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.