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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Kentucky 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$67.61$42.66 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$67.61 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $41 to $178Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $35 to $170
$20$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $68

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
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
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
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$69.18

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.