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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

North Dakota 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$123 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$66.07 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $66 to $219Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $68 to $251
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $191

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
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 5th of 51

$170

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.