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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88344

A tissue sample is treated with a specialized combination staining technique in the lab to help identify specific characteristics of the cells present, such as markers that support a cancer diagnosis. This version reflects a more complex, combination-stain method rather than a single individual stain.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $331.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $129 to $129Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $91 to $759
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $129professional $275

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$200

WY $331RI $91.20

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.