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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Hawaii 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $209 to $234.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $200 to $295
$100$200$500professional $234

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
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$234.42
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 8th of 51

$234

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.