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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Michigan 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$126 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$170 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $151 to $617Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $71 to $288
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $257professional $200

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
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
8 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
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 16th of 51

$209

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.