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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Missouri 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 7 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$174$135 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$155 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $132 to $363Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $95 to $269
$20$50$100$200$500facility $195professional $174

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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
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
$169.82
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$174

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.