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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 October 2026.

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

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 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 $295 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$112 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$170 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $141 to $955Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,072
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $174

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
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$323.59
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$174

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.