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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Minnesota 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$288$229 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$295 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,950Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $158 to $589
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $288

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
$158.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$347

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.