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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 July 2026.

How much does Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue cost?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 6 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$316$195 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$162 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,380Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $120 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $316

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
$162.18
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$109.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$324

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.