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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

Utah 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$52.48 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$57.54 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $58 to $138Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $33 to $105
$50$100facility $58professional $71

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$128.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$53.70

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 49th of 51

$69.18

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.