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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Iowa 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $204 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$120 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$148 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $135 to $776Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $62 to $355
$50$100$200$500facility $204professional $162

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$181.97
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 25th of 51

$162

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.