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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Louisiana 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $107.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $85 to $102Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $58 to $166
$50$100$200facility $91professional $102

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
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$102

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.