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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 July 2026.

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

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 7 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$64.57$41.69 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$102 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $60 to $269Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $37 to $120
$50$100$200facility $178professional $65

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
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$46.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
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
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$67.61

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.