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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Illinois 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $219.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $417 to $891Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $59 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $145

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$223.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$218.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$145

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.