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Fluorescent Antibody Stain On A Tissue Sample

Texas rates for HCPCS 88347

A laboratory examination in which antibodies carrying a fluorescent dye are applied to a tissue sample so that a specific protein or immune deposit glows under a special microscope. Pathologists use it to reveal deposits that ordinary stains cannot show, and to see exactly where in the tissue they sit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fluorescent Antibody Stain On A Tissue Sample cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $102 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$398 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$66.07 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $44 to $288Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $120 to $398
$50$100$200facility $102professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Massachusetts than in Florida. 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.

Texas· 24th of 50

$115

MA $398FL $40.74

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.