go back

Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Minnesota 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 6 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$162$89.13 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$145 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $83 to $589Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $62 to $363
$5$20$100$500facility $263professional $162

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
$83.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$257.04
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
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$346.74

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$170

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.