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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 October 2026.

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

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$56.23 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$87.10 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $72 to $155Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $43 to $138
$50$100$200facility $87professional $95

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$89.13

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.