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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Arizona 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 Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$110 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$129 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $63 to $372Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $123

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.44

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 31st 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.