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Specialized Multi-Stain Lab Test On Tissue

Mississippi 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $275.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $93 to $295
$50$100$200professional $170

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$170

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.