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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Georgia 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$166$77.62 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$117 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $78 to $324Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $59 to $417
$50$100$200$500facility $178professional $166

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$537.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$380.19
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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 28th of 51

$170

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.