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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Kentucky 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 7 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$120$70.79 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$195 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $83 to $427Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $71 to $251
$50$100$200$500facility $372professional $120

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
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
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
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$123

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.