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Immunofluorescence Stain, Single Antibody

Virginia 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$93.33$50.12 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$89.13 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $46 to $1,259Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $42 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $148professional $93

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
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$398.11
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
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
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$115

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.