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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Florida 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$91.20 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$105 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $66 to $537Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $71 to $224
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $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
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$269.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$35.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$131.83
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
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 47th of 51

$126

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.