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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

North Carolina 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$69.18$67.61 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$67.61 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $135Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $60 to $182
$20$50$100$200$500facility $78professional $69

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
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$102.33
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$70.79

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.