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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Louisiana 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$100 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$195 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $148 to $617Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $76 to $245
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $178

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
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
4 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$40.74

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$195

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.