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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Alabama 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $170.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $107 to $170
$100$200professional $123

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$123

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.