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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88341

This covers an additional specialized stain applied to a tissue sample to detect a specific marker, beyond the first such stain already performed. These stains use targeted markers to help identify particular cell types or characteristics that support a diagnosis, often for conditions like cancer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $339.

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 $69 · 10th to 90th $69 to $69Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $54 to $407
$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $155

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Montana than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$151

MT $174RI $53.70

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.