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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$158$141 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$331 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $200 to $457Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $93 to $209
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $158

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 7.1 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.

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$158

AK $417AL $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.