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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Idaho 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$174 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$302 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,096Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $105 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $302

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 5th of 51

$302

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.