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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Massachusetts 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 9 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$229$120 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$70.79 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $46 to $389Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $91 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $229

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$234.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$269.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$234.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$224

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.