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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Iowa 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 8 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$87.10$61.66 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$95.50 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $95 to $162Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $49 to $204
$50$100$200facility $95professional $87

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$91.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$85.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$89.13

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.