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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Washington, DC 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $69.18 to $162.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $68 to $347
$50$100$200$500professional $78

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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$288.40

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 36th of 51

$77.62

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.