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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$85.11$47.86 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$61.66 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $46 to $138Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $38 to $229
$50$100$200facility $74professional $85

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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$154.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$186.21
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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.9 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$79.43

AK $347AL $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.