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Additional Special Marker Stain On A Tissue Sample

West Virginia 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 5 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$67.61$66.07 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$85.11 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $56 to $363Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $62 to $83
$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $68

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
$154.88
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$323.59
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 7th of 51

$145

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.